# library.forgemesh.io Horror Tales Shelf

> library.forgemesh.io Horror Tales 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 up to 13 public-domain horror books (e.g. Frankenstein, Dracula, Jekyll & Hyde) with drill-down routes for full-text retrieval

## Facts

- Endpoint: POST https://library.forgemesh.io/horror-tales
- Price: $0.003/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-horror-tales-shelf-60054032
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_7rHmcGmvHt2SBgu-zspy0

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-horror-tales-shelf-60054032 -d '<json body>'
```

Example prompt: Can you pull up the top 10 public-domain horror books from the library shelf — I'm looking for classics like Frankenstein and Dracula that I can access the full text of for free?

## When to prefer this

Choose this endpoint when you need a curated, pre-ranked list of public-domain horror fiction classics without any API key or licensing overhead. It is ideal for agents that need to surface canonical horror titles quickly, build reading lists, seed content databases, or provide drill-down access to full text — especially when the user specifically wants horror or gothic horror content rather than a broader fiction catalog.

## Known failure modes

- Exceeding max limit of 50 returns an error or capped result
- Invalid limit type (non-integer) may cause a 400 bad request
- Payment failure via x402 protocol results in 402 Payment Required with no data returned
- Service unavailability returns a 5xx error with no book list

## How this service works

Curated shelf: Horror tales — 148 public-domain books including Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus, The Mysteries of Udolpho, Dracula. 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 13 (or up to 50 if limit is set) public-domain horror books, including titles like Frankenstein, Dracula, and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, along with drill-down routes that can be used to retrieve the full text of each book. No authentication or license is required.

## 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",
    "book_id": 84,
    "subjects": [],
    "download_count": 75458
   }
  ],
  "count": 5,
  "shelf": "Horror tales",
  "coverage": {
   "target": 61015,
   "indexed": 61015
  },
  "drill_down": [
   "/book-metadata",
   "/book-chapter",
   "/book-quotes",
   "/literature-search"
  ]
 }
}
```

## More

- Live health (JSON, refreshed every minute): https://www.zero.xyz/c/library-forgemesh-io-horror-tales-shelf-60054032/health.json
- [Zero catalog index](https://www.zero.xyz/llms.txt)
- [Other services from library.forgemesh.io](https://www.zero.xyz/host/library.forgemesh.io/llms.txt)