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Eira Major, Hanging Sloth
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Eira Major. Creator of multi-award-winning audio drama. Now releasing Remnants & Twelvelms. Made Not Quite Dead, Spirit Box Radio & Clockwork Bird. (he/they)🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Eira Major, Hanging Sloth @hangingsloth.bsky.social · 22d
I'm currently releasing two shows. The Twelvelms Conspiracy is brand new for 2025, a dark fantasy mystery centring around a magical university; Twelvelms. Remnants, a dark fantasy thriller, has just come back for its second season, set in a strange netherworld filled with the remnants of the dead.
The cover art for both Ther Twelvelms Conspiracy and Remnants. Twelvelms' cover is depp purple covered in swirly, lighter shades. The pattern is broken by the outline of a tree whose branches mirror its roots. At the top of the cover it says 'Mischief, mayhem, madness, magic', and the show's title is in the centre, over the tree. The remnants artwork has a warm dark blue background, decorated with a pattern made of repeated images of a moth, in warm rust red. Several of the moths are pale blue and upside down, covered in dust. In the centre of the pattern is a gap, in which it says 'remnants, an audio drama by eira major'
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?! Wow.
Screen shot of an email: Not Quite Dead has also made the following leaderboards on Goodpods: #3 in the Top 100 Indie Drama Monthly chart #4 in the Top 100 Audio Drama Monthly chart #4 in the Top 100 Indie Horror Monthly chart #7 in the Top 100 Horror Monthly chart Remnants : An Audio Drama has made the following leaderboards on Goodpods: #1 in the Top 100 Indie Fantasy Monthly chart #1 in the Top 100 Fantasy Weekly chart #1 in the Top 100 Indie Fiction Weekly chart #1 in the Top 100 Indie Drama Weekly chart #1 in the Top 100 Indie Fantasy Weekly chart Spirit Box Radio has made the following leaderboards on Goodpods: #1 in the Top 100 Psychic Monthly chart #1 in the Top 100 Indie Supernatural Monthly. chart #1 in the Top 100 Indie Psychic Monthly chart #5 in the Top 100 Indie Psychic All time chart #5 in the Top 100 Indie Mystery Monthly chart
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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it's important to me personally that you all go vote for Jekyll & Hyde in Eira's ominous mystery poll

I don't know what it's for but, I want to win
hangingsloth.bsky.social Eira Major, Hanging Sloth @hangingsloth.bsky.social · 2d
discounting my own vote which I placed at random to see the results, Dorian Gray & Jekyll & Hyde are pretty much neck and neck

consider voting in this mystery poll, and/or sharing propaganda for your preferred classic text
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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discounting my own vote which I placed at random to see the results, Dorian Gray & Jekyll & Hyde are pretty much neck and neck

consider voting in this mystery poll, and/or sharing propaganda for your preferred classic text
screen shot of a tumblr poll, taken at 62 votes with 6 days, 17 hours remaining. The title is 'Choose One...' The stats are: The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: 8.1% The Straneg Case of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde: 46.8% The Picture of Dorian Gray: 45.2%
November 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Twelvelms Tuesday #8

We're getting deep in the weeds with this weeks focus, which is on Kin-Givings. This marks the first step a young mage - or mageling - will take towards adulthood. This is one of those things which will only come up tangentially in the show.

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KIN-GIVINGS When mages come of age at their thirteen summer solstice, they attend a kin-giving ceremony at their coven's henge. Until this point, they are unnamed and only called by nicknames and terms of endearment, and not officially associated with any coven. At the Kin-Giving, the children are blessed at sunrise and are not allowed to speak until the sun sets. During these hours, each coven practises their own specific celebratory traditions, which may include haircutting, painting the skin, washing in local bodies of water, and eating special foods. As the sun begins to set, they return to the henge and step forward to declare their name and coven. Most children choose to stay in the coven where they are raised, but occasionally a child will claim a different coven. When their coven is claimed, they approach the altar at the centre of the henge, and pull a signet stone from the dirt benneath it, which confirms their kinning with their coven. They then reaffirm their name and coven with a smear of blood on the altar.
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Friday will have a double release day for folks over on my Patreon, who will be getting early access to both The Twevelms Conspiracy AND Remnants on the same day, the 14th November.

These releases will be staggered like this:

TTC - 4pm GMT
Remnants - 8pm GMT

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November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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me @ Sir after every episode of Remnants @hangingsloth.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The 36th Remnants episode is now live!

This time, Sir takes the reins aGain, but it’s not clear whether things are back to normal, or whether they have become someThing new.

Find it by searching 'Remnants an audio drama' wherever you listen to podcasts; it's the show with the moths on the cover.
Remnants, episode thirty-six: Half-Empty Perfume Bottle. On a dark blue background, repeated images of an ornate perfume bottle, a ribbon tied aroudn its neck, rendered in warm red. One larger, flipped upside down, in pale blue, emerging from a cloud of dust.
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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WE ARE LIVE!!!

Help us bring this story about music, queer found family, love, and death to life.

Head to the Kickstarter to, at minimum, look at the absolutely STUNNING art and our wonderful cast!!! And please consider giving if you're able!

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PHANTOM PULSE - a 90s audio drama musical
PHANTOM PULSE is a rock audio drama about love, death, and everything in between from Lauren Shippen, creator of The Bright Sessions.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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SIX DAYS TO GO!!

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The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two
Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!
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November 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Tomorrow, a new episode of Remnants will drop for listeners on Patreon, and will be out for everyone else on Monday. But this episode and the next are more entwined than usual, so I'm dropping the titles of both at once.
Remnants, episode thirty-six: Half-Empty Perfume Bottle. On a dark blue background, repeated images of an ornate perfume bottle, a ribbon tied aroudn its neck, rendered in warm red. One larger, flipped upside down, in pale blue, emerging from a cloud of dust. Remnants, episode thirty-seven: Half-Full Perfume Bottle. On a dark blue background, repeated images of an ornate perfume bottle, a ribbon tied aroudn its neck, all upside down and rendered in warm red. One larger, flipped right-side up, in pale blue, emerging from a cloud of dust.
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Listen to Remnants and scream along with me @hangingsloth.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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As an indie creator whose work is my sole source of income, I depend on my wonderful audience to help me make the shows you love!

Check out some of what's to offer on the poster below, or go to www.patreon.com/hangingslothstudios to see the whole list of benefits.
Hanging Sloth Patreon Benefits Early access and ad-free listening: Get ad-free access to new episodes three days early for REMNANTS, and a whole WEEK early for THE TWELVELMS CONSPIRACY! PLUS ad-free access to NOT QUITE DEAD and early access to bonus content like the Q&A! Tons of behind-the-scenes content: Sneak behind the curtain and get insight into how scripts are written, stories are planned, music is composed, and artwork is designed! This is shared through a blend of written posts, and also as part of my Patreon BTS Podcast, Hanging with the Sloth! Exclusive bonus stories: Expand the worlds of Not Quite Dead and Spirit Box Radio with additional bonus stories set in the wider universe of each show. See extra segments of Remnants, exclusive to Patreon supporters, and there is additional Twelvelms content Exclusive show ‘Vampires on Vampires’: This quirky spin-off of Not Quite Dead sees Alfie and Neige responding to other vampire-related media. There are two episodes out already, covering ‘Twilight’ and ‘Nosferatu (1925)’ with more on the way before the end of 2025. For all this and more, go to: patreon.com/hangingslothstudios membership starts at £2 pcm
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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Twelvelms Tuesday #7!

This time, we're taking a closer look at how mages come to study at Twelvelms University of Hermetics.

If you're intrigued listen to 'The Twelvelms Conspiracy', a dark fantasy audio drama wherever you listen to podcasts, or explore ther world at twelvelms.wordpress.com/world/
The Student Ballot Every year, each of the seven covens sends thirteen mages to Twelvelms University of Hermetics. These mages are chosen by the High Table of the Alliance from a selection of eligible mages submitted by each coven’s leader. The list of prospective scholars is called the Student Ballot. Children from powerful families are usually included by default. Others are chosen for their raw magical ability; they may have performed a great or impressive feat, saved a life, halted a storm in its tracks. The others will have scored highest in their Purlieu in the the Apitude in Magic test, or 'AIM' for short. There are ways to sway the Table's judgement in your favour. Gift baskets and offers to help with in office busy-work may stand prospective scholars in good stead. THE TWELVELMS CONSPIRACY
November 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The 35th Episode of Remnants, 'Shard of Glass', is now available wherever you listen to podcasts!

This time, the Apprentice wanders in the dust, and spots somethIng familiar in the distaNce.

You'll find transcripts over on my website, at hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts
Dark blue square with cracks, like fracturing glass. Some of them are pale blue, but others are warm red, the same colour as the text at the centre, which reads 'episode thirty-five: Shard of Glass. remnants.'
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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I would love to see this show funded! Most audio dramas - including mine - are made on shoestring budgets.

Audio drama (in its current form) is a young industry: let's set a precedent for paying people well for their work, whilst it's in our hands to shape what this industry will grow into.
theholmwoodfnd.bsky.social The Holmwood Foundation @theholmwoodfnd.bsky.social · Oct 14
THE HOLMWOOD FOUNDATION SEASON TWO IS NOW LIVE ON KICKSTARTER!

Help us reach our goal of 40k to create Season Two of our found footage horror fiction podcast, The Holmwood Foundation.

Click the link below for more information, and an array of exciting tier rewards!

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Coming soon: The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two
Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!
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November 3, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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The 35th Episode of Remnants, 'Shard of Glass', is now available wherever you listen to podcasts!

This time, the Apprentice wanders in the dust, and spots somethIng familiar in the distaNce.

You'll find transcripts over on my website, at hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts
Dark blue square with cracks, like fracturing glass. Some of them are pale blue, but others are warm red, the same colour as the text at the centre, which reads 'episode thirty-five: Shard of Glass. remnants.'
November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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The latest edition of Hanging Sloth News just dropped!

This monthly newsletter for paid and free members of my Patreon gives you the run down of what to expect each month. November is jam packed with new Remnants, new Twelvelms, an NQD Q&A and an SBR Birthday Thing!

www.patreon.com/posts/137384...
Hanging Sloth News - November 2025 | Hanging Sloth
Get more from Hanging Sloth on Patreon
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November 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Halloween is also, of course, Not Quite Dead's birthday! I've never been so pleased to get carried away with a side project as I did with Not Quite Dead. Here's to the vampires, the freaks and the weirdos!

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blood-spattered black poster with the words 'happy halloween merry gothmas & birthday wishes to Not Quite Dead'. At the bottom is a red heart with further blood splatter around it which says '3 years old' in the centre.
November 1, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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Folks on Patreon just got Early Access to Monday's episode of Remnants. This is an episode that I'm extremely proud of. I love it when this show gets properly philosophical.

Paid members get early, ad free access to my releasing shows; Creator's Notes; bonus story content; and more!
Dark blue square with cracks, like fracturing glass. Some of them are pale blue, but others are warm red, the same colour as the text at the centre, which reads 'episode thirty-five: Shard of Glass. remnants.'
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Now live on the Not Quite Dead feed wherever you listen to podcasts!

This bonus minisode checks in with our vampire darlings some time after the events of Episode 55, the show's finale.

Halloween wouldn't be the same without them!
Blood-spattered image with the words 'Not Quite Dead: A show about vampires. Across the blood, it says 'Ambrosia: bonus minisode'. A set of fangs emerges beneath.
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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Keep it going please!!!
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Just under two weeks left until our Kickstarter ends for Season 2 of the Holmwood Foundation. We’ve loved telling this story & we really want to continue we can’t proceed as planned if we don’t hit our goal

Please help us continue paying our cast a professional wage and support lgbtqia+ cast & crew
The Holmwood Foundation - Season Two
Season Two of the horror-fiction audio drama about possession, queer identity, and Dracula's severed head!
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October 31, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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wowee, only three episodes out and we're already at 6k!

for those of you who've only heard the show on the SBR feed - there's a whole extra episode you can listen to right now on Twelvelms' own feed! Find it by searching 'The Twelvelms Conspiracy' wherever you listen to podcasts!
October 30, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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There are some themes and tropes that inspire me as an artist.
And, they all happen to be in @hangingslothcentral audio dramas.
This is my art dedicated to Cyan from The Twelvelms Conspiracy :)
#art #myart #digitalart #illustration
September 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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again i sit down to record and am scuppered by a loudly purring cat
October 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM