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free-books-short-stories
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free-books-short-stories 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).
Returns a paginated catalogue of free public-domain short story books from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive, ranked by relevance and popularity, with epub/txt/html download links.
Price / call$0.01
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Free public-domain books on "Short stories": browse the catalogue's works tagged with that Library of Congress subject (3,272 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 page of up to 20 public-domain short story books, each with title, author, relevance/popularity ranking, and direct download links in epub, txt, and/or html formats. Results are re-verified daily and drawn from Project Gutenberg (3,272+ works) and Internet Archive scans.
Example use cases
Building a short fiction reading list
“Give me a ranked list of the most popular free public-domain short story collections I can download right now — I want epub links I can load onto my e-reader.”
Finding a specific author's free works
“Can you search the free public-domain library for short story books by H.G. Wells and show me the download links?”
Discovering classic anthologies for a writing class
“I'm putting together a reading list for a creative writing class — find me some well-known free short story anthologies from Project Gutenberg with download links.”
Technical details
Endpoint
GEThttps://intel.rallylive.ca/library/subject/short-storiesWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you need to discover or download free, legally available public-domain short story books at scale — especially when you want ranked, relevance-sorted results with ready-to-use epub/txt/html links. Prefer this over a generic web search when you need structured catalogue data from Project Gutenberg and Internet Archive rather than scraped web pages.
Side effects
- No results returned if search keywords are too specific or misspelled
- Pagination beyond available pages returns empty result set
- Rate limiting or payment failure if x402 micropayment ($0.01 USDC) is not processed correctly
- Occasionally stale download links if a source has moved since last daily verification
Input
Schema · Request body
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