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free-books-horror-tales
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free-books-horror-tales is a paid API for AI agents from intel.rallylive.ca, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-14).
Browse and download free public-domain horror tales books from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, ranked by relevance and popularity, with epub/txt/html links.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Free public-domain books on "Horror tales": browse the catalogue's works tagged with that Library of Congress subject (196 in Project Gutenberg alone, plus Internet Archive scans), ranked by relevance and popularity, with direct epub/txt/html download links. Add words to narrow by title or author. Re-verified daily. $0.01 per page of 20.
Output
A ranked list (up to 20 per page) of public-domain horror tale books including title, author, Library of Congress subject tags, popularity/relevance scores, and direct download links in epub, txt, and/or html formats. The catalogue is re-verified daily and draws from ~196+ Project Gutenberg titles plus Internet Archive scans.
Example use cases
Classic horror reading list
“Pull up the top 20 most popular free public-domain horror tales I can download as epub — I want a classic Halloween reading list.”
Author-specific horror discovery
“Find all the free horror tales by M.R. James available on Project Gutenberg or Internet Archive that I can download for free.”
Horror anthology research
“I'm putting together a reading guide on classic horror fiction — can you browse the public-domain horror tales catalogue and list the top results with their download links?”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://intel.rallylive.ca/library/subject/horror-talesWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, daily-verified catalogue of free public-domain horror fiction with direct download links, especially when you want results ranked by relevance and popularity. Prefer this over scraping Project Gutenberg directly when you need structured metadata and multi-source aggregation (Gutenberg + Internet Archive) in a single call. Best for agents building reading lists, literary research tools, or book recommendation features focused on horror genre classic literature.
Side effects
- No results returned if keyword filter is too specific or misspelled
- Empty catalogue page if page number exceeds available results
- Stale download links if a source (Project Gutenberg / Internet Archive) has restructured URLs between daily re-verification cycles
- Payment failure if USDC balance is insufficient for the $0.01 per call fee
- Rate limiting or service unavailability from upstream catalogue sources
Input
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