Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://bohiebear.neocities.org/
Bohie's Commonplace Book is a charming personal site styled like a spiral notebook, inviting visitors into a curated collection of notes, thoughts, and writings. The notebook aesthetic, complete with sticker decorations and a volume label, gives it a cozy handcrafted feel reminiscent of old-web journaling traditions.
https://arachnoflora.neocities.org/
ArachnoFlora is the personal site of a 23-year-old writer and D&D Dungeon Master who shares their ongoing fiction project, 'CPU: Your Favorite Color,' alongside thoughts on games, music, and daily life. The site has a cozy neocities aesthetic with a blog, projects section, and a collection of cool site buttons linking to the broader indie web community.
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://versefics.neocities.org/
Versefics is a self-coded personal fanfiction archive built as an alternative to AO3, where the creator hosts only their most preservation-worthy works. The site currently includes fics for Detective Conan and Magic Kaito (DCMK), reflecting a commitment to owning and maintaining their own creative output long-term.
https://humanish.neocities.org/
REIGN's personal neocities page, meddlemouf, blends a minimalist aesthetic with personal anecdotes and links to their AO3 fanfiction archive, including MBAV and Vampire Knight fan works. The site has a distinct voice rooted in late-night nostalgia, pirated MP3s, and a love of writing, making it a charming snapshot of a young creative's online presence.
THE MORTAKI PLACE
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https://mortaki.neocities.org/
Mortaki (also known as Mordecai) built this whimsical personal site as a home for their original writing, poetry, essays, and fiction, framing themselves as a bard sharing stories with the world. Visitors can explore original works like 'Red Handed' and 'Shora Mythology', a bookshelf, manga recommendations, assorted fanfiction, and a collection of essays, all wrapped in an enthusiastically chaotic old-web aesthetic.
https://pon-lacarney.neocities.org/
Pon LaCarney's cozy neocities corner features a blog, a reading log, a listening log, and original short stories written in Spanish. The site also highlights a CD collection page and recommends browsing while listening to Tango by Charly García and Pedro Aznar, giving it a distinctly literary and musical Latin American flavor.
https://relativenostalgia.bearblog.dev/bear-blog-questions-challenge
Relative Nostalgia is a personal blog on Bear Blog where the author reflects on blogging habits, platform choices, and the appeal of minimal writing tools. This particular post answers a community challenge about blogging motivations, offering an honest look at years of experience across Blogger, WordPress, Medium, and beyond.
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.
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http://tilde.club/~admoman
A minimalist tilde.club blog by a writer who muses on nostalgia, web reading conventions, and the quirks of chronological content presentation. The posts are thoughtful and essayistic, touching on philosophy of technology and the oddities of how we consume information online.