Old Granny Gob - (A Goblins and Grandmas prompt entry)

by Capaluchu

ActionAdventureFantasyFemale LeadGameLit

On Rising Stars: Short Story #3

Betty thought her life's last chapter would be taking care of her son and grandchildren. Inexplicably, fate had something else in mind for her. She is transferred to a world with a system. While this gives her a brand new lease on life, it does so by making her one of the lowest of the low: a goblin.

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Current Rank

Peak Rank

Followers

168

+14

Story Timeline

Started

2y ago

Tracking

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Entered Short_story RS

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#1 Short_story

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100

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#3 Short_story

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Overview Views and follower statistics Engagement Prose Chapters

Ranking History

Track position changes over time

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Rating Breakdown

Overall4.88

Style5.00

Story5.00

Grammar5.00

Character5.00

Streak History

Current

8/11/2026

Peak #2

51d

7/3/2026

Peak #2

38d

6/16/2026

Peak #3

17d

2/19/2026

Peak #1

116d

Shared RS Climb

Observed Royal Road ranks are authoritative for lists where the story is active. Other eligible lists retain their Shadow RS ranks.

Overall Rising Stars Shadow RS rank

~#19326

#193 of 12,418 · 143 below RS #50

Separate entry model vs observed 7d bar-65/wk

Separate forecast P(enter ≤14d)0%

Shadow rankObserved RR rank

By genre

Reader Funnel

How efficiently views become followers — benchmarked against 8,060 active stories with 5–9 chapters

Views

18k

9.8 follows / 1k viewslast 30d

beats 86% of similar stories

Followers

168

0.61 favs / follower

beats 92% of similar stories

Favorites

103

Traffic (last 30d)48 views/day

beats 97% of similar stories

Conversion trend

Steadyrecent 9.8/1k vs lifetime 9.5/1k

Firing on all cylinders

Traffic and conversion are both strong for a story this size. Readers are finding it and sticking — if Rising Stars is the goal, this is the moment to push.

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 over the recent window.