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The Five Deaths of Joshua Cross: History's Worst Recurring Problem

The Five Deaths of Joshua Cross: History's Worst Recurring Problem

by adriansnow

ComedyAdventureFantasySatireLow FantasyReincarnationTime TravelComedyMale LeadAdventure
Rising Stars:Satire #34
Shadow rank ~1034–1114 in Comedy↑19

Joshua Cross was supposed to die once. Instead, Heaven made it permanent. Every time Joshua dies, he wakes up in another chapter of history—Ancient Rome, Viking Norway, Egypt, and places far stranger—where surviving long enough to die again is somehow the easy part. The hard part is dealing with Heaven. Because Heaven isn't an endless paradise. It's a bureaucracy. Every resurrection comes with contracts. Every miracle comes with fees. Every mistake creates another disaster someone has to explain to God. Joshua doesn't want to become a prophet, a demon, a god, or a historical legend. Unfortunately, history has other ideas. As myths unravel, civilizations spiral off course, and an increasingly exhausted Heaven struggles to clean up after him, Joshua discovers that immortality isn't a blessing. It's an administrative error. What to Expect: Dark Fantasy Comedy Mythology & Religion Historical Fantasy Time Travel Across History Gods, Angels & Demons Cosmic Bureaucracy Action & Adventure Gradually Increasing Stakes No Harem No LitRPG An Eight-Book Planned Series

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Current Rank
#34
Peak Rank
#9
Followers
125
+14
Story Timeline

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OverviewEngagementProseChapters
Ranking History
Track position changes over time
24h7d30d
Favorites
34
+4
FVR
0.71%
Rating
4.12
Ratings
8
-2
Reviews
3
-2
Comments
N/A
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RS Days
80
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Rating Breakdown
Overall4.12
Style0.00
Story1.00
Grammar0.00
Character0.00
Streak History

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #33

2d

#5

7/3/2026

Peak #11

38d

#4

6/16/2026

Peak #9

17d

#3

6/8/2026

Peak #15

7d

#2

5/24/2026

Peak #24

15d

Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 14:28 UTC

Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~73%35

deep field · ~#5523 of 7,531 · 5473 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+0.3
1-day ratespiking
vs #50 follower pace-74/wk
P(enter ≤14d)0%

By genre

Reader Funnel
How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 50–149 chapters
Views
18k
4.8 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 87% of similar stories

Followers
125
0.27 favs / follower

beats 67% of similar stories

Favorites
34
Traffic (last 30d)97 views/day

beats 41% of similar stories

Conversion trend
Coolingrecent 4.8/1k vs lifetime 7.1/1k

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 Comedy Rising Stars bar (≈2 new followers/day) costs about 477 views/day — the story currently gets ~97.

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.

Shoutouts
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