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library.forgemesh.io Gothic & Horror Fiction Shelf
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library.forgemesh.io Gothic & Horror 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 2026-09-13).
Returns a ranked list of public-domain gothic and horror fiction books with title, author, year, book_id, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval.
Price / call$0.003
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StatusUnknown
How this service works
Curated shelf of public-domain gothic and horror fiction, ranked by historical popularity. Returns title, author, year, book_id, and drill-down routes for full-text retrieval. No license, no API key required.
Output
A ranked list of up to 50 public-domain gothic and horror books, each with title, author, publication year, book_id, and drill-down route references for retrieving full text.
Example use cases
Reading list for a horror fan
“Give me up to 50 classic gothic and horror books from the public domain, ranked by historical popularity, so I can put together a reading list.”
Finding a specific horror classic
“I'm looking for Dracula or Frankenstein — can you fetch a ranked shelf of public-domain gothic horror titles so I can find the book IDs I need to get the full text?”
Curating a horror fiction course
“Pull me a list of the 20 most historically significant public-domain gothic and horror works — titles, authors, and years — I want to use them as course readings.”
Technical details
Endpoint
POSThttps://library.forgemesh.io/gothic-horrorWhen to prefer
Choose this endpoint when you specifically need a curated, historically-ranked list of public-domain gothic and horror fiction titles. Prefer it over full-text search endpoints when you want a broad discovery shelf rather than a specific passage or query result, and over general classic-novel shelves when the user's intent is specifically horror or gothic genre.
Side effects
- limit exceeds maximum of 50 — API may return an error or cap results silently
- payment of 0.003 USDC not processed — request rejected with 402 Payment Required
- service unavailable — 5xx error with no book data returned
- empty corpus edge case — returns empty list if index is 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": "1995",
"title": "Dracula",
"author": "Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912",
"book_id": 345,
"subjects": [
"Horror tales",
"Vampires -- Fiction"
],
"download_count": 20000
}
],
"count": 5,
"shelf": "Gothic & Horror",
"coverage": {
"target": 1000,
"indexed": 865
},
"drill_down": [
"/book-metadata",
"/book-chapter",
"/book-quotes",
"/literature-search"
]
}
}Tags
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