They Came From Below!

by ExecutiveVampire

Male LeadMysteryShort StorySupernaturalThriller

When the strange and stranger comes to town, so does Fernando Alvarez! something is taking the people of Mountain Home. Something with a long memory, and a fondness for the dark. What has taken the people of Mountain Home? Can they be saved? Can what's taking them even be stopped? Only Fernando Alvarez can find out!

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Rank updated 5 Oct 2026, 17:58 UTC

Entry forecast updated 5 Oct 2026, 17:58 UTC

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Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1

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751

0.0 follows / 1k viewslifetime

beats 13% of similar stories

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needs about a week of observations

Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.