by briancsloanauthor
A babysitter hears an unknown voice calling for help from the basement. Chad is growing increasingly uneasy about his brother's disturbing behavior. An airport security officer witnesses a vision he can't explain. A new homeowner is haunted by a mangled, crawling ghost. Get devoured by this short story collection of horror, mystery, psychological thrills--and most importantly...tales of the unknown!
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 3 Oct 2026, 16:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 3 Oct 2026, 16:08 UTC
Ranking model: rs-public-oracle-state-v1
Forecast model: rs-model-entry-v1
Chart history contains only this ranking model's runs; legacy points are not spliced in.
Not enough recent follower history to estimate a shadow rank yet.
beats 18% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 2% of similar stories
Both levers trail the field
Traffic and conversion are both below comparable stories. Cadence is the first lever — stories posting near-daily reached 25 followers 17% of the time; stories posting every few days almost never did. Get the flow going, then re-check conversion.
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.
