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ForgeMesh Library — Short Stories Shelf
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ForgeMesh Library — Short Stories Shelf is a paid API for AI agents from library.forgemesh.io, paid per call via x402, $0.003/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Returns a ranked list of up to 50 public-domain short story and fiction collections, with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval
Price / call$0.003
Success—
StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf: Short Stories — 5470 public-domain books including The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The King in Yellow. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of public-domain short story books (up to the requested limit, default 20, max 50), each entry including title, author, and drill-down route URLs for retrieving full text. No authentication or license required.
Example use cases
Classic fiction discovery for reading app
“Pull me a ranked list of 50 public-domain short story collections from the ForgeMesh library — I want titles and links so I can let users browse and pick one to read in full.”
Educational curriculum source list
“I'm putting together a reading list for a literature course — can you get me up to 20 well-known public-domain short story books, like The Yellow Wallpaper or Sherlock Holmes, with routes I can use to fetch the full texts?”
Personal bedtime reading picker
“Show me the top 10 public-domain short story collections available on ForgeMesh so I can choose something to read tonight — I'm thinking classic or fairy tale style.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/short-storiesWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, ranked catalogue of public-domain short story and classic fiction titles with navigation routes to full texts — especially when you want a ready-made shelf (not a raw search) and need no API key or licensing overhead. Prefer alternatives if you need full-text search within a specific book (use the per-book Q&A endpoints), a different genre (use sibling shelves for poetry, plays, gothic fiction, etc.), or a daily randomised pick (use the daily pick endpoint).
Side effects
- limit parameter exceeds 50 — may return an error or be capped at 50
- limit of 0 or negative integer — may return empty list or validation error
- payment failure via x402 protocol — endpoint returns 402 before delivering results
- network timeout if the library index is temporarily unavailable
Input
Schema · Request body
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| limit | integer | Max books to return (default 20, max 50) |
Output
Schema · Response
{
"type": "json",
"example": {
"books": [
{
"year": null,
"title": "The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsène Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar",
"author": "Leblanc, Maurice",
"book_id": 6133,
"subjects": [],
"download_count": 75744
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Short Stories",
"coverage": {
"target": 61015,
"indexed": 61015
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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