Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://haddock.neocities.org/
Haddock is a personal webzone built with Hugo's Bear theme, belonging to someone whose interests span fan fiction, drawings, and music as revealed in their site keywords. The playful 'Viral Public License' and Captain Haddock imagery give the sparse homepage a quirky, irreverent personality worth clicking into.
https://twelvemen.neocities.org/
Twelve Men is a quirky, under-construction personal site that opens with a collage of literary and cultural quotations spanning Beowulf, James Joyce, Theodore Dreiser, and Apollo 11 trivia, all loosely orbiting the theme of the number twelve. The eclectic mix of references and sardonic humor gives it a distinct voice, though nearly all pages remain marked as under construction.
https://verdemusgo.neocities.org/
Verde musgo is a charming Portuguese-language personal site by a Brazilian creator who describes it as cultivating a small corner of the web away from commercial platforms, built at a snail's pace with care. The site features a book club page, a cat catalog, a gallery, altars, and a colophon, making it a cozy and eclectic little world worth exploring.
https://unsongbook.com/
Unsong is a sprawling online novel by Scott Alexander, blending Kabbalah, theodicy, and alternate history into a wildly inventive work of speculative fiction where the universe runs on divine programming and names of God are literal source code. With over 70 chapters organized into biblical "Books," complete with interludes and author notes, it is a landmark of web serial fiction beloved for its intellectual depth and relentless wordplay.
https://maddisonstoff.neocities.org/
Maddison Stoff is an independent trans femme author publishing cyberpunk-adjacent sci-fi fiction featuring trans, disabled, and non-binary characters navigating space opera and dystopian settings with warmth and realism. The site reimagines her web presence as a late-1990s personal homepage, complete with Geocities-era gifs, original MIDI music she sequenced on authentic hardware, and links to her fiction, music project The Descenters, and a visual novel.
https://tracybarnettonline.com/
Tracy Barnett is a journalist whose site showcases her work including The Esperanza Project, a reporting initiative focused on Latin American communities and indigenous culture. The evocative sample text about a Mayan temazcal ceremony hints at the immersive, literary quality of her long-form journalism.
https://kaard.tripod.com/
Kaard's Patrol is a personal site dedicated to Gor, the fictional sword-and-planet universe from John Norman's novels, presented through the lens of online role-playing in the city of Baren-touhk. The creator, Kaard, shares writings about Gorean philosophy, slave girl culture, and life as a Warrior caste member, reflecting the immersive online Gor RPG community of the early web.
https://books.allneonlike.org/
Living Words is the official fanlisting for Books, run by Crissy and listed under the Literature category at The Fanlistings Network, boasting 426 approved members from 48 countries. It serves as a global gathering point for book lovers who want to have their name listed among fellow fans of the written word.
https://artielas.neocities.org/
Art's personal creative hub on Neocities showcases experimental work spanning science fiction, fantasy, and horror across writing, gallery, and project sections. The site has a distinct voice and aesthetic, with warnings about horror content and profanity, and a bookshelf tracking current reads including Pale Fire and Mad World.
https://marisabel.nl/
Marisabel's 'Konfetti Explorations' is a richly layered digital garden where a Puerto Rican living in the Netherlands shares her drawings, blog posts, poems, short stories, and an extensive reading log. The site blends IndieWeb sensibilities with a warm, handcrafted aesthetic, offering sketches, a library catalog, a microblog, essays, and even a guestbook for visitors to leave a note.