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by ShowerKrogan
Writathon Winner [April 2026] Zombies and magic and… cat girls?! Oh my! The world crumbles into chaos when a necromancer brings the dead to life and unintentionally unleashes magic into the modern world. The undead overwhelm his city and Grayson, along with his brain-implanted AI companion Becca, finds himself fighting to survive a modern world transforming into a fantasy hellscape. Fantastical monsters emerge, magic appears and demihumans are suddenly running around—Chaos is everywhere. Between recruiting survivors, learning how to use magic, fighting power-hungry villains, and researching a cure for the zombieism, Grayson discovers that saving the world is exhausting. But hey, at least the new world has cat girls. That's a win, right? Maybe living through the apocalypse isn’t so bad after all. If only Grayson could get this sassy AI in his head under control. What to expect: • Zombies. Duh. • Modern world slowly turns to Fantasy world as magic rewrites reality. • No system. But there is a status screen thanks to Becca that lists skills, companions, and physical stats. • Progression fantasy where Grayson and crew develop magical abilities and get stronger over time. • Slow-build relationships with a large cast of characters that grows, shrinks, and sometimes gets eaten. • An in-universe soundtrack because even the apocalypse needs a playlist. The sexual content warning is listed to be safe due to innuendos and implied actions. There are no descriptive sex scenes in this story. Much to Becca’s satisfaction, no AIs were harmed (or used) in the creation of this story. Book one completed! Book two releasing now.
Current
8/11/2026
Peak #41
2d
#20
8/7/2026
Peak #46
4d
#19
8/3/2026
Peak #48
1d
#18
8/1/2026
Peak #49
0d
#17
7/15/2026
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6d
Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 14:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC
Overall Rising Stars shadow rank
deep field · ~#7157 of 7,531 · 7107 below #50
By genre
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Mid-pack, room on both levers
Traffic and conversion both sit mid-field for a story this size. Growth here compounds from consistency: steady cadence feeds traffic, and a sharper hook lifts what each view is worth.
At this conversion, the Sci-fi Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 713 views/day — the story currently gets ~233.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 50–149 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.
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