Literature & Writing
874 sites
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.
https://cosmos-serial.com/the-cosmos-issues/cosmos-arrives-july-1933
The Cosmos Project is a dedicated archival site bringing back to life 'Cosmos,' a collaborative serial science fiction novel published in 1933 by legendary pulp authors including E.E. Smith, John W. Campbell, A. Merritt, and Edmond Hamilton. Visitors can read all 17 chapters, explore the history of the novel's original printer Conrad H. Ruppert, and discover why this ambitious early sci-fi experiment was considered both a triumph and a failure.
https://mijnwoordenboek.nl/dialect/Rotterdams
A community-built dictionary of the Rotterdams dialect, featuring 366 sayings, 670 words, and visitor-submitted translations between standard Dutch and the local Rotterdam vernacular. The collection offers a fascinating window into regional Dutch language, with colorful expressions and idiomatic phrases contributed by native speakers.
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://wriorango.neocities.org/
Wriorango is a personal Neocities site run by a creator called Rango, featuring a mix of blog posts ranging from reflective personal essays to pop culture commentary, alongside pages for original characters, writing, shrines, and a music log. The site leans heavily into written content and creative expression, making it a cozy corner of the indie web for readers who enjoy candid, voice-driven prose.
https://tomocum.neocities.org/
Tomocummies is the personal creative hub of a writer who hosts their original characters and fan fiction, including mature content with explicit content warnings provided. The site serves as an expanded version of the creator's carrd profile, offering a more detailed space for their writing projects and interests.
https://beeks.cool/
Beeks.cool is a charmingly eclectic personal site where the creator, Beeks, publishes "rambles" on topics ranging from blank VHS slipcase art and dark rides to Tamagotchis, Linux, and car songs. The site also features found photos, thrift hunting adventures, cross-stitch projects, and a collection of digitized home videos, making it a cozy corner of the old web full of offbeat curiosity.
http://cith.org/gerard
Gerard Houarner is a prolific dark fiction and horror author with over 250 published short stories, four novels, and multiple story collections, including the notable Max and Dead Cats series. The site features news updates, publishing announcements, links to buy his work on Amazon and through horror-focused publishers, and glowing quotes from industry luminaries like Ellen Datlow and Ed Bryant.
https://jujuuy.neocities.org/
Jujuy's cozy web corner belongs to Julita, an Argentine girl who spent the summer of 2024 teaching herself HTML and building this handcrafted personal space from scratch. The site features a gallery, blog, anonymous drawing and messaging boards, a guestbook, and a links page, all reflecting her love of technology, writing, and self-expression on the indie web.
https://moonside-inn.neocities.org/
Moonside Inn is a cozy personal page with a cottage-in-the-forest aesthetic, featuring sections for books, games, music, recipes, shrines, and a weekly log of the creator's current reads, listens, and watches. The warm, tea-and-pixel-art atmosphere and eclectic mix of media interests make it a charming little corner of the indie web.