by Miss-Fortunate Russ
Two young rangers are out on a hunting mission. Searching for food and maybe some fun, they find more than they ever bargained for when they stumble across a carcass of a predator left to rot in the autumn sun. Short story that will appear in Lore a Second Helping publishing summer of 2027. This story is also the story that got be through the second round of Chaos in Chapters hosted on TikTok by the amazing @lyhadawnread This story was inspired by the prompt for the contest to pick a song and make a creature story around it. I chose Down With The Wolves by The Score. This song will also feature in the series from which this story is taken. This scene surrounds two of our future heroes along with the mysterious blight that is infecting their region.
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, 21:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 21:38 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
23%
Two or more lists
13%
Likely threshold order: Short Story → Horror → Adventure → Action → Main.
Leading bundle: Short Story (8%).
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
#728 of 12,468 · 678 below RS #50
By genre
Collecting data. Under 100 lifetime views — conversion rates this early are noise, not signal.
