# library.forgemesh.io Gothic Fiction Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Gothic Fiction 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 Gothic fiction books with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/gothic-fiction
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-14
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-gothic-fiction-shelf-b527a6a5
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_y1Y19POLKrKYhIJSfiQYl

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability library-forgemesh-io-gothic-fiction-shelf-b527a6a5 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Show me the top 10 public-domain Gothic fiction books from the ForgemMesh library shelf — I want a ranked list with links to read the full texts.

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain Gothic fiction titles with direct access routes to full texts, and no API key or content license is required. Prefer it over general web searches when you want reliable, structured bibliographic data for Gothic literature specifically (Frankenstein, Jekyll & Hyde, Dorian Gray era) rather than contemporary or copyrighted works.

## Known failure modes

- Limit parameter exceeds 50 — likely returns an error or is capped at 50
- Payment of 0.003 USDC not provided or fails — request is rejected with a 402 Payment Required response
- Server unavailable — returns a 5xx error with no book list
- Invalid limit type (non-integer) — returns a validation or 400 error

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Gothic Fiction — 19 public-domain books including Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, The strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Returns a ranked list with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.

## Output

A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain Gothic fiction books (default 20), including titles such as Frankenstein, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and The Picture of Dorian Gray, along with drill-down routes that link to full-text retrieval for each title.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "limit": {
   "type": "integer",
   "description": "Max books to return (default 20, max 50)"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "books": [
   {
    "year": null,
    "title": "Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus",
    "author": "Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851",
    "book_id": 84,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 56171
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Gothic Fiction",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 860,
   "indexed": 860
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

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