Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://yurievinstitute.org/
The Yuriev Institute is a personal creative space dedicated to fiction and shipping content of all kinds, including mature, dark, and 'problematic' themes that the author warns visitors about upfront. The site embraces a proship philosophy and features written and artistic works spanning a wide range of fictional relationships and adult scenarios.
https://p1k3.com/
Running since the 1990s, p1k3 is one of the web's longest-lived personal blogs, written by a thoughtful author who mixes lyrical garden observations, short poetry, political reflections, and everyday life into a distinctive literary voice. Posts range from meditative yard-and-garden reports tracking bees, birds, and raised beds to candid confessional writing about anxiety, aging, and the exhausting state of the world.
https://comedyroses.neocities.org/
Flo's creative hub, Divine Comedy, is dedicated to original characters, worldbuilding, and story writing with a strong medieval and fantasy aesthetic. Visitors can explore character shrines, stories, and a gallery alongside personal blog entries from this multilingual creator with wide-ranging interests.
http://hyperreal.org/~mpesce
Mark Pesce's original 1994 homepage is a sprawling archive of his written works, lectures, rituals, essays, and interviews spanning topics from virtual reality to spirituality to Burning Man. A pioneering figure in VR and internet culture, Pesce shares everything from Wired magazine articles to spiritual reflections, making this a fascinating time capsule of early web intellectual life.
https://idiomdrottning.org/
Idiomdrottning's personal site offers a mix of written texts, a gallery, and a blog under the enigmatic title 'I live like them already.' The combination of curated writings and visual content suggests a creative individual sharing their work and thoughts with a minimalist, old-web aesthetic.
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://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://talesfromthestars.ink/
Tales from the Stars is a creative writing site presenting original fairy tales with a lyrical, mystical bent, exploring themes of transformation, community, and the unknown through the lens of starlight and storytelling. The site invites visitors into a world of maiden and monster, human and other, reimagining fairy tale traditions for those who find themselves outside conventional community.
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://valentines-archive.neocities.org/
Valentine's Archive is a personal Neocities site built by a webmaster named Valentine, featuring a bookshelf, TV show log, shrines, and a growing media collection. The site has a distinctly cozy old-web aesthetic with a strong focus on books and media tracking, making it a charming digital corner for a dedicated hobbyist.