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

by Pen Pal One

Artificial IntelligenceComedyHard Sci-fiLocal ProtagonistMultiple Lead Characters

On Rising Stars: Satire #48

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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Overview Views and follower statistics Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

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Rating Breakdown

Overall4.82

Style3.83

Story4.33

Grammar5.00

Character4.83

Streak History

Current

10/2/2026

Peak #48

9/30/2026

Peak #43

9/28/2026

Peak #48

9/28/2026

Peak #50

9/27/2026

Peak #42

Shared RS Climb

Observed Royal Road ranks are authoritative for lists where the story is active. Other eligible lists retain their Shadow RS ranks.

Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank

~#1216876

#12168 of 12,176 · 12118 below RS #50

Separate entry model vs observed 7d bar-84/wk

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Reader Funnel

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

Views

5.8k

9.2 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 91% of similar stories

Followers

0.45 favs / follower

beats 96% of similar stories

Favorites

Traffic (last 30d)33 views/day

beats 42% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Coolingrecent 9.2/1k vs lifetime 13.1/1k

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.

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.