Literature & Writing
874 sites
http://accelerando.org/
Charlie's Diary is the long-running blog of Charles Stross, acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author of the Laundry Files series, the Merchant Princes, and numerous other novels. Visitors will find Stross's sharp commentary on politics, technology, publishing, and the craft of writing, along with updates on his latest books and lively comment threads with hundreds of engaged readers.
https://shipperslist-archive.neocities.org/
Shipperslist's personal fanfiction archive collects all their AO3 works organized by fandom, including CQL/MDZS, MCU, Supernatural, and other Asian dramas. The site features helpful content warnings for explicit works, omegaverse, and major character death, making it easy to browse a growing collection of fan-written stories.
https://oceanmew.com/
OceanMew.com is the whimsical personal home of an internet denizen known as Ocean, featuring a blog, photo gallery, shrine, and a dreamy seaside aesthetic that evokes old-web nostalgia. The site blends personal writing and reflections with interests spanning Halo, Touhou Project, Runescape, Oblivion, Animal Crossing, and Pallas cats, making it a charming and eclectic corner of the modern indie web.
https://sashawell.neocities.org/thankyou
Sasha's newly built Neocities homepage serves as a hub for her fanfiction and fan art, with works currently spread across AO3 and social media being gathered here. The site is a charming work-in-progress from a fandom creator looking to establish a personal corner of the old web.
https://kamirose.neocities.org/
Kamirose's personal corner of the web centers on book reviews, with titles like 'The Giver of Stars' and 'Jane Austen's Bookshelf' reviewed frankly for adult readers. The site also features a pixel art gallery, a blog, and a guestbook, all built with a distinctly old-web aesthetic and a strong anti-AI, anti-algorithm philosophy.
http://nhinet.org/babbitt2.htm
The Irving Babbitt Project, maintained by the National Humanities Institute, serves as a scholarly repository dedicated to the thought and legacy of Harvard professor Irving Babbitt, a foundational figure in American literary criticism and humanism. Visitors will find essays, dialogues, and bibliographical resources exploring Babbitt's influence on conservatism, education, literary criticism, and even his surprising impact on Chinese intellectual movements.
https://forkingmad.blog/bear-blog-questions-challenge
Forking Mad+ is a personal blog by a Scotland-based writer who shares thoughts, reflections, and random musings on life, hosted on the minimalist Bear Blog platform. This particular post joins a community blogging challenge about the whys and hows of blogging, with links to dozens of other Bear Blog participants in a warm, interconnected writing community.
https://moonspeaker.ca/FoundSubjects/about.html
The Moonspeaker is a long-running personal website by C. Osborne covering fiction, essays, feminist and Amazonian themes, and wide-ranging intellectual commentary under the tagline 'where some ideas are stranger than others.' The site spans sections on Turtle Island, allocentric perceptions, and found subjects, reflecting decades of thoughtful, unconventional writing and curation.
https://fischr.org/
René's personal German-language blog 'Recycled Words' has been handcrafted since 2002, offering a mix of short-form posts and longer essays on everyday life, cycling, and food. The site features a clean minimalist design with both a blog and a 'Shorts' section for quick thoughts, cross-posted to Mastodon.
https://jameswcutter.com/
James W. Cutter is a Victoria-based author offering free downloads of all his novels, including the fantasy series Wards of Minera and his 2019 debut Ziggurat, alongside short fiction in sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. The site is intentionally styled to evoke the look of a 1998 personal homepage, with hand-written HTML and a charming retro aesthetic that makes it a delight to browse.