Singularity at Persnickety Street (Comedy, Sci-fi, Robots, AI)

by Pen Pal One

ComedySci-fiMystery SatireRomance SubplotHard Sci-fiComedyMultiple Lead CharactersSci-fiSecret IdentityMystery

Shadow rank ~269–315 in Mystery↓38

What happens when an AI program steals a robot from the Big Brain company that owns it?It runs, and hitchhikes, and hides, and flies, and winds up in Maine.What happens when every policeman in Southern Maine starts searching for its shiny robot butt?It calls the only human it knows and begs for a ride!What happens then?Hell if I know, but it involves hundreds of mercenaries, government types in suits, a fleet of drones, a military battalion and their tank, and lots, and lots of small-town crazy people. Gads, I'm in trouble! Thanks for checking out Singularity at Persnickety Street! 🙂

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Current Rank

#25

Peak Rank

#21

Followers

Story Timeline

Started

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Left Satire RS

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Entered Satire RS

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Overview Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

24h 7d 30d

Rating Breakdown

Overall4.75

Style4.00

Story4.25

Grammar5.00

Character5.00

Streak History

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #21

8/7/2026

Peak #21

Shadow RS Climb

Rank updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Entry forecast updated 13 Aug 2026, 04:15 UTC

Overall Rising Stars shadow rank

top ~29%431

deep field · ~#2212 of 7,531 · 2162 below #50

Followers/day (7d)+1.1

vs #50 follower pace-67/wk

P(enter ≤14d)0%

By genre

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 20–49 chapters

Views

3.3k

17.5 follows / 1k viewslast 29d

beats 97% of similar stories

Followers

0.44 favs / follower

beats 96% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 29d)55 views/day

beats 63% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Steadyrecent 17.5/1k vs lifetime 16.3/1k

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 Mystery Rising Stars bar (≈1 new followers/day) costs about 41 views/day — the story currently gets ~55.

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 20–49 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.