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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/him)🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Happy fifth birthday to Spirit Box Radio!

A lot of things have changed in the decade since I launched this show. On SBR's launch day, it had 22 downloads. I remember how exciting it was to see it showing up on Apple Podcasts. Now, it's a bad day if SBR only gets 22 downloads *an hour*.
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Twelvelms Tuesday #9

This week, we're expanding a little more on last week's post which was all about Kin-Givings by taking a closer look at Coven Foundlings.

If this post has intrigued you, you can read more about the covens in the world here: twelvelms.wordpress.com/world/
COVEN FOUNDLINGS If a mage chooses to become part of a coven besides the one they were raised in, they become a Coven Foundling. Mages can choose to change their coven the Summer Equinox, and are free to do so once they turn 13. It’s unusual for such young mages to make this decision, but if a mage under 18 decides to become a part of a coven seperate from their family, they are placed with a foster family in their chosen coven. This might be a family who have previously been unable to have a child, or a family whose own child has also become a Coven Foundling. Care is usually taken to ensure Coven Foundlings are placed in homes of equal standing to that which they came from. Most Coven Foundlings are over 18. They too are assigned a foster-family in their new coven, but this is purely cere,monial and they are not expected to live with them. In most cases, Coven Foundlings are encouraged to visit and maintain a relationship with their family despite inter-coven tensions.
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Now available wherever you listen to podcasts!

In the 37th episode of this dark fantasy thriller, Sir struggles when his experiences mirror those of his Apprentice, and he Wonders what it means if the power in his possessIon is so far beyond his understanding.
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, rendered upside down in warm red. One larger, flipped rightside up, in pale blue, emerging from a cloud of dust.
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Monday's episode of Remnants just went live on my Patreon!

The sort-of part two of last week's episode, this one is a real head scratcher, and I think it's got this lovely bittersweetness to it. I hope you like it! Out Monday 17th for non-Patreon folks!

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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, rendered upside down in warm red. One larger, flipped rightside up, in pale blue, emerging from a cloud of dust.
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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Are you ready for lore?!

The fourth episode of the Twelvelms Conspiracy just went live for my supports on Patreon. This episode delves deep into the foundational lore of the world, and will be live on the show's main feed on the 21st.

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November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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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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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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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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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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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
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November 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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This month's also covers a minor alteration to the Remnants S2 schedule, extending the intermissions by one week. P1 still has five episodes to go, running weekly until 5th Dec, and after that will be a four week pause with some bonus content to tide you over for until we return for P2 in January.
The calendar has proven a bit difficult to provide ALT text for, so here is a list a list of episode air dates for Remnants S2 Part 1 03/10 - Early Access R31 06/10 - General Release R31 10/10 - Early Access R32 13/10 - General Release R32 17/10 - Early Access R33 20/10 - General Release R33 24/10 - Early Access R34 27/10 - General Release R34 31/10 - Early Access R35 03/11 - General Release R35 07/11 - Early Access R36 10/11 - General Release R36 14/11 - Early Access R37 17/11 - General Release R37 21/11 - Early Access R38 24/11 - General Release R38 28/11 - Early Access R39 10/12 - General Release R39 05/12 - Early Access 40 08/12 - General Release R40 Intermissions for three weeks, bonus episodes on Patreon Part two begins 12th January 2025 Remnants - Season Two Schedule Remnants’ second season will be releasing weekly on Mondays, and will be split into three parts, with a short break between each part. part one - releasing mondays 6th october to 5th december 2025 Early release for Part One will begin on Friday, 3rd October, and Patreon members gets notes for each 5 episode batch first intermission A collection of short supplementary content each Monday, with Bonus Remnants every Friday for Patreon Members part two - releasing mondays 12th january to 18th march 2026 Early release for Part Two will begin on Friday, 9th January, and Patreon members gets notes for each 5 episode batch second intermission A collection of short supplementary content each Monday, with Bonus Remnants every Friday for Patreon Members part three - releasing mondays april 20th to 22nd june 2026 Early release for Part Three will begin on Friday, 17th April, and Patreon members gets notes for each 5 episode batch, plus extra notes reflecting on Season Two as a whole.
November 1, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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This month's also covers a minor alteration to the Remnants S2 schedule, extending the intermissions by one week. P1 still has five episodes to go, running weekly until 5th Dec, and after that will be a four week pause with some bonus content to tide you over for until we return for P2 in January.
The calendar has proven a bit difficult to provide ALT text for, so here is a list a list of episode air dates for Remnants S2 Part 1 03/10 - Early Access R31 06/10 - General Release R31 10/10 - Early Access R32 13/10 - General Release R32 17/10 - Early Access R33 20/10 - General Release R33 24/10 - Early Access R34 27/10 - General Release R34 31/10 - Early Access R35 03/11 - General Release R35 07/11 - Early Access R36 10/11 - General Release R36 14/11 - Early Access R37 17/11 - General Release R37 21/11 - Early Access R38 24/11 - General Release R38 28/11 - Early Access R39 10/12 - General Release R39 05/12 - Early Access 40 08/12 - General Release R40 Intermissions for three weeks, bonus episodes on Patreon Part two begins 12th January 2025 Remnants - Season Two Schedule Remnants’ second season will be releasing weekly on Mondays, and will be split into three parts, with a short break between each part. part one - releasing mondays 6th october to 5th december 2025 Early release for Part One will begin on Friday, 3rd October, and Patreon members gets notes for each 5 episode batch first intermission A collection of short supplementary content each Monday, with Bonus Remnants every Friday for Patreon Members part two - releasing mondays 12th january to 18th march 2026 Early release for Part Two will begin on Friday, 2nd January, and Patreon members gets notes for each 5 episode batch second intermission A collection of short supplementary content each Monday, with Bonus Remnants every Friday for Patreon Members part three - releasing mondays april 20th to 22nd june 2026 Early release for Part Three will begin on Friday, 4th April, and Patreon members gets notes for each 5 episode batch, plus extra notes reflecting on Season Two as a whole.
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 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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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!
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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!
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October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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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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Twelvelms Tuesday #6

This week, our Twelvelms Tuesday focus is on the show itself! TTC's first season will be 13 episodes long. The show releases monthly, and it's finale is due to air on 21st August, 2026.

Find out more: hangingslothstudios.com/twelvelms/
why you should listen to the Twelvelms Conspiracy, a dark fantasy mystery audio drama • canonically queer characters • magical university hidden in the uk wilderness • deep, layered worldbuidling with 1000s of years of psuedo-history to discover beyond the main story • plot revolving around a central mystery • cats • wolf familiars • squirrels • selkies • 7 covens you can align yourself with • massively invested in ancient trees • two (2) gay disaster romantic subplots • plants have souls • familiars • shape-shifting • experimental • magic • themes of trauma and community and unpacking privilege • steeped in folklore & mythology • roman & pagan festivities • bugs • bat • familiars • a winding, red-string-worthy mystery • complex • inter-personal realtionships • anti-establishment • undertones • magical young adults doing young adult things • secret societies • there's roman baths under the main campus building • sinister disappearances • exams, but like, in a fun way because it's magic exams
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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A bitesized mini-sode is coming to Not Quite Dead's main feed on Halloween, with Early Access on Patreon from Wednesday 29th. The wonderful folks who supported the shows' kickstarter page have been able to listen for a while already!

Halloween just wouldn't be the same without these freaks.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Folks on Patreon just got Early Access to Monday's episode of Remnants!

In this thirty-fourth installment of the story, anothEr remnant is found half-submergEd in sand.

Existing paid members can listen here, and you can use this link to sign up too:

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Remnants, episode thirty-four: wooden horse. On a dark blue background, repeated images of a wooden rocking horse, rendered in warm red. One islarger, flipped, in pale blue, emerging from a cloud of dust.
October 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Remnants might be up your alley if you're interested in stories which explore grief, history and cycles of trauma, especially if you love a good red-string mystery. This show foregrounds a different person's lifestory each week. Find out more at hangingslothstudios.com/remnants/ and here's an intro:
the Apprentice wakes in the First & Last Place, tasked to judge the remnants of the dead. each remnant takes a person’s worst and best moments and weaves from them a story which leads to their death. the Apprentice must decide which of them should be saved and allowed to someday live again and which discarded. as he struggles with the weight and magnitude of this strange and terrible task, the Apprentice wonders: has he been trusted or has he been trapped?
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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The Twelvelms Conspiracy might be the show for you if you like stories about misfits, found-family, political intrigue and folklore. You can find out more here hangingslothstudios.com/twelvelms/ and here's a little intro if you're curious:
Dark purple background interupted by clouds of pale blue and thin veins of rose gold. Overtop, it reads: Cyan Goodman does not belong at twelvelms and everyone knows it. Especially him. The university has trained the finest mages in magedom for centuries, but Cyan only found out it existed two weeks ago. Out of his depth, with nowhere else to go, Cyan is allowed to enroll at Twelvelms under one condition; that he keeps the circumstances under which he was admitted completely secret. To make things more complicated, the only reason he was given a space at the school at all is because another boy has gone missing, under extremely mysterious circumstances. It seems like there’s a much bigger problem lurking just out of sight at Twelvelms, one which reaches far beyond Cyan’s secrets and into the foundations of magedom itself. cyan narrates his story years after these events, and his circumstances have become even stranger...
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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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'
October 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM