Literature & Writing
874 sites
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://mostlytrue.life/
Virgil Eaton's 'Mostly True' is a beautifully written personal narrative blog featuring vivid, literary stories drawn from real life adventures spanning Pennsylvania bar nights, wolf encounters in New Mexico, black cab misadventures in Sichuan, and life after a wheelchair-changing injury. The writing is warm, specific, and genuinely compelling, reading more like polished creative nonfiction than a typical travel or personal blog.
https://athena.unige.ch/athena
ATHENA is a pioneering University of Geneva resource created in 1994 by Pierre Perroud, hosting around 500 French literature e-texts including works by Rousseau and Maupassant alongside a comprehensive mineralogy database with searchable optical and chemical data. One of the earliest academic websites on the French-language web, it was awarded the Nessim Habif World Prize in 2000 and has maintained the same address and mission for 30 years.
http://scribaltales.com/
Scribal Tales is a creative writing and storytelling site offering original fiction, tales, and narrative works for readers who enjoy imaginative prose. The site evokes the feel of a personal literary corner of the web, with a focus on crafted storytelling in a classic old-web style.
https://zacharykai.net/
Zachary Kai is an Australian space fantasy writer currently based in Kosovo, sharing notes, essays, art, zines, and photos through a richly linked personal site. The site brims with IndieWeb community involvement, webrings, a blogroll, book notes, and an open invitation to connect via guestbook or UnOffice Hours calls.
https://beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/
Beneath Ceaseless Skies is a long-running online magazine dedicated to literary adventure fantasy fiction, publishing original short stories set in secondary worlds and historical-inspired settings since 2008. With hundreds of issues spanning nearly two decades, companion podcasts, anthologies, and art, it is a rich destination for fans of thoughtful, character-driven fantasy.
https://alabut.com/writing
The writing archive of alabut, featuring a wide-ranging collection of personal essays and notes spanning topics like photography, cycling, UI design, books, movies, and everyday life. The breadth of thoughtful, dated entries covering years of reflection makes this a compelling personal writing journal worth exploring.
https://rifters.com/crawl
The blog of science fiction author Peter Watts, featuring excerpts and updates from his fiction, commentary on biotech and science, and personal reflections with a characteristically bleak wit. Posts range from in-progress novel snippets to musings on real-world science, making it a fascinating destination for fans of hard SF and speculative fiction.
https://library.xandra.cc/
The Library of Alexandra is a thoughtfully curated essay catalogue by Xandra, organized into categories like Lifestyle and Internet, with personal reflections on topics ranging from burnout and being childfree to fandom and the small web. The site's charming OS-terminal aesthetic frames each essay as a file in a digital library, making browsing feel like exploring a personal archive.
https://issendai.com/index.htm
Issendai.com is the long-running personal site of a writer named Issendai, featuring deeply researched essays on topics ranging from geisha naming traditions and Japanese courtesans to the psychology of toxic relationships and estranged parents' forums. The site blends cultural writing, social analysis, and personal reflection in a way that rewards browsing, with standout pieces like 'Sick Systems' that have gained wide readership.