by TJ9
Five friends on a summer road trip take a sudden shortcut through the forest, only to break down in front of a desolate, forgotten mansion. Seeking shelter from the storm, they step inside and trigger a dark, twisted nightmare. The mansion holds a ancient history—a dark deal made with an evil deity, and a curse that locks anyone inside into a game of survival. Separated and trapped in different wings of the house, they must outsmart terrifying threats, uncover the truth of Redwood Valley, and break the curse if they ever want to see tomorrow's sunrise
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, 23:38 UTC
Entry forecast updated 4 Oct 2026, 23:38 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
17%
Two or more lists
12%
Likely threshold order: Mystery → Horror → Action → Main.
Leading bundle: Horror + Mystery + Action (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
#4949 of 12,489 · 4899 below RS #50
By genre
beats 78% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 42% 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 5–9 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
