
by TC_Hart
What if the dead could leave behind memories? Ethan Cole is a forensic science graduate student in Boston. He has always trusted evidence, logic, and science—until the day he touches a piece of evidence and sees something no forensic examination could ever reveal. A memory. Not his own. Soon, Ethan discovers that certain objects retain fragments of the past, and by touching them, he can experience moments that others have forgotten—or desperately tried to hide. At first, he believes this strange ability could help him uncover the truth behind unsolved crimes. But memories can be dangerous. Some reveal secrets. Some reveal lies. And some reveal things that were never meant to be remembered. As Ethan begins following the memories left behind at crime scenes, he realizes that the deeper he goes, the harder it becomes to tell where someone else's memories end and his own reality begins.
No streak history
One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 4 Oct 2026, 04:28 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 04:28 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.
Coupled 14-day outlook
rs-joint-entry-copula-v1
Any eligible RS entry
9%
Two or more lists
5%
Likely threshold order: Mystery → Psychological → Sci-fi → Main.
Leading bundle: Psychological + Sci-fi + Mystery (4%).
Estimated from one fitted shared story path; category probabilities are not multiplied as if lists were independent.
Separate entry forecast; this probability does not enter the ranking score.
Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank
#5990 of 12,227 · 5940 below RS #50
By genre
beats 25% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 46% of similar stories
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 10–19 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views over the recent window.