by Korah Winters
A work-in-progress and a slow-burn adventure of a female half-goblin.After father's death two years ago, things got progressively worse. Mother fell ill, the town shunned us, and our small home in the wilds fell into disarray. After rescuing a small, half-dead, eight-year-old human boy and nursing him back to health, my already shaky existence was tipped over completely. Things were not as they seemed. I soon found out why I had to struggle these past years and why the rare stone my father left me whispered to me at night.
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Rank updated 6 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC
Entry forecast updated 6 Oct 2026, 15:18 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
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Readers who find this story follow it at a high rate; there just aren't enough of them. In our cohort data, near-daily posting lifted the odds of reaching 25 followers from ~0% to 17% — more chapters, shoutout swaps and ads buy the eyeballs this conversion deserves.
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