Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://nondev.fuckup.club/
A minimalist personal journal by a developer known as nondev, featuring numbered log entries with cryptic titles like PROTOCOL, DELETIAN, and EXTENDIS alongside notes, links, and ASCII bits. The site has a distinctive lo-fi terminal aesthetic with webrings, a feed system, and a deliberately sparse old-web sensibility.
https://alexsirac.com/
Alex Sirac's personal site blends French and English across a rich blog covering books, technology, travel, and life as a Wikipedia admin and IndieWeb enthusiast. Visitors will find long-form posts, book reviews, monthly journals, a blogroll, and a map of favorite places, all reflecting a curious and prolific web presence.
https://thisdaysportion.com/
This Day's Portion (TDP) is a quietly poetic personal blog by a writer who shares original verse and reflections, currently in a slow hibernation mode with only subscriber notifications active. The site carries an understated literary charm, offering glimpses of meditative, image-driven poems about time, leaves, and everyday moments.
https://vhsoverdrive.neocities.org/
VHS Overdrive is a personal writing site by a nostalgic old-web enthusiast who covers topics he's passionate about, with a color scheme inspired by vintage P3 phosphor monochrome displays. The site is a labor of love pushing back against shallow social media content, aiming to provoke thought and capture the spirit of the 80s and 90s web.
http://classics.mit.edu/
Created by Daniel C. Stevenson and hosted at MIT, the Internet Classics Archive offers 441 searchable works of classical literature from 59 authors, spanning Greco-Roman, Chinese, and Persian texts in English translation. The site has been serving readers since 1994 and features user-driven commentary, reader-recommended links for each work, and powerful full-text search capabilities.
https://kushanasden.neocities.org/
Kushana's Den is a personal site featuring sections called The Chapel and The Library, with imagery referencing knights and kingdoms that suggests a focus on fantasy fiction or worldbuilding. The medieval and fantasy aesthetic, combined with library and chapel sections, points to a creative writing or lore-focused space with an old-web sensibility.
http://pudenda.net/books.html
A personal science fiction and fantasy reading list tracking titles by authors like Iain M. Banks, Roger Zelazny, Gene Wolfe, and Greg Bear, with status notes ranging from 'completed' to 'gave up.' The page also aggregates links to major SF award nominees including Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Arthur C. Clarke awards, making it a handy reference for genre readers.
https://droneriot.neocities.org/
E's personal Neocities page centers on a passion for linguistics, including a constructed language in progress featuring exotic phonemes like ejective uvular plosives. Visitors will also find links to Orthodox Christian chant, SeaMonkey resources, and curated music alongside a cheerful, retro-web aesthetic.
https://fannish.net/hp
Magical is the official TFL-network fanlisting for the Harry Potter book and movie series, run by Angie and Elise, currently boasting over 25,000 registered fans from around the world. Visitors can join the list, browse fan buttons, and connect with a massive global community of Harry Potter enthusiasts.
https://saladblog.neocities.org/
Salad's personal web log on Neocities is a slice-of-life blog featuring short, charming entries about everyday moments, along with compiled creative works like stories and doodles. The site has a cozy handcrafted feel, with each post noting a currently enjoyed piece of media, giving it a warm and personal scrapbook quality.