Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://ravenspen.neocities.org/
Raven's Pen is a fandom-focused personal site run by a queer fanfic writer and occasional fanvidder who goes by Raven, with works spanning fandoms like Katekyou Hitman Reborn, Honkai: Star Rail, Star Trek, and Tolkien. The site features fanfictions, fanvids, rec lists, rambles, and a richly decorated old-web aesthetic complete with stamps, button walls, and webrings.
https://samsharp.ca/
Sam's cozy corner of the internet is a personal blog focused on everyday life, with a warm and welcoming tone that invites readers to linger. The site also features a bookshelf, a 'now' page, and links to a small web zine, making it a thoughtful slice of the indie web.
https://greycloak.neocities.org/
Greycloak's personal neocities site covers music, thoughts, cats, and writings with a distinctly unfiltered, darkly humorous voice and a long list of content warnings for mature themes. The navigation hints at a creative, multi-section space with sections for music and original writings, making it a quirky corner of the indie web built for adults who appreciate weird and surreal humor.
http://infinityplus.co.uk/
Infinity Plus is a long-running genre fiction publisher and showcase featuring science fiction, fantasy, horror, and crime works from authors including Stephen Baxter, Robert Holdstock, and Lisa Tuttle. The site offers ebooks and print titles alongside an archived online fiction showcase boasting over 2.1 million words of stories, 1000 book reviews, and 100 interviews.
https://sarennia.net/poto
A fanlisting dedicated to Gaston Leroux's 1911 novel 'The Phantom of the Opera,' inviting fans of the original source story to add their names to a growing worldwide list. Hosted at sarennia.net, it celebrates the classic French gothic romance that inspired countless adaptations and is listed with The Fanlistings Network.
https://thelocalyarn.com/excursus/secretary/posts/web-books.html
Joel Dueck explores the fragility of web publishing and makes a passionate case for treating web content more like durable books in this thoughtful essay. The piece reflects on the impermanence of websites, the loss of GeoCities, and proposes a future where web writing outlasts its servers the way printed books outlast their authors.
https://nathanupchurch.com/
Nathan Upchurch's personal site and blog covers a wide range of topics including incense, free and open source software, design, vegan cooking, and music. The site features galleries, a guestbook, a blogroll, and participates in both the Fediring and Geekring web communities, giving it a warm, old-web personality.
https://winther.sysctl.dk/
Jeppe Winther, a Danish blogger in his 40s, writes about movies, tech, meta-blogging, and digital attention across multiple interconnected blogs including dedicated sites for science fiction short stories and Danish film reviews. The site reflects a thoughtful curatorial philosophy, featuring carefully maintained bookmarks, a postroll of recommended blogs, and participation in the IndieWeb community.
https://popagandhi.com/
Popagandhi is a long-running personal blog by a Southeast Asian expat living in the U.S., covering life reflections, travel, cycling, food, coding, and cultural identity with candid and thoughtful prose. With 39 pages of archives dating back to 2003, it offers a rich record of one person's evolving life across continents, relationships, and interests.
https://vcaudley.neocities.org/
Victoria Audley's personal site is the online home of a writer and folklorist who describes herself as 'a ghost escaped from a gothic novel,' covering her books, commissions, and tabletop RPGs. The site has a distinctly atmospheric gothic aesthetic and serves as a hub for her creative work across fiction, folklore, and TTRPGs.