by TJSamek
Underneath the city streets, a portal has opened. And the tentacled creatures that come through it are… not of this world. Using a fading pizza parlor as cover, a large underground facility is dedicated to these creatures. World-renown scientists from across the globe (under heavy NDAs) care for them, studying their habits, their needs, and their origins. This is not their story. Every organization has its grunts: its entry-level, starter-position, do-what-you’re told employees. Imagine The Office as envisioned by Lovecraft. And enter the world of Eldritch Pizza…
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One state-enhanced oracle order, filtered by each list. Observed Royal Road ranks remain separate ground truth.
Rank updated 13 Oct 2026, 01:08 UTC
Entry forecast updated 13 Oct 2026, 01:08 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 26% of similar stories
not enough data yet
beats 76% of similar stories
Readers arrive, few stick
Traffic is strong, but conversion trails comparable stories. The usual suspects are the blurb, the cover and the opening chapters — fixing the hook multiplies everything the existing traffic brings.
Benchmarks: 8,060 active Royal Road stories, percentiles within the 2–4 chapters band, cohort of 2026-07-02. Conversion is measured as followers gained per 1,000 views lifetime.
