Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://awalvie.me/
Lyceum is awalvie's personal site organized around books, creative work, and knowledge, presenting a minimalist hub for intellectual and creative pursuits. Part of the XXIIVV webring, it reflects the thoughtful, indie-web ethos common to that community of creators.
http://classics.mit.edu/
Created by Daniel C. Stevenson and hosted at MIT, the Internet Classics Archive offers 441 searchable works of classical literature from 59 authors, spanning Greco-Roman, Chinese, and Persian texts in English translation. The site has been serving readers since 1994 and features user-driven commentary, reader-recommended links for each work, and powerful full-text search capabilities.
http://writersring.com/
WritersRing is a webring connecting personal and creative writing sites across the old web, bringing together authors, poets, and storytellers in a linked community. It serves as a hub for discovering writing-focused websites and joining a network dedicated to the written word.
http://jnfr.com/
The homepage of jnfr, featuring links to Clary Books and Fierce Planet, suggesting a focus on books and literary or publishing projects. A sparse but intriguing entry point that points toward book-related creative work.
https://binovarghese.com/
Bino Kochumol Varghese's digital home blends long-form essays, short notes on technology, poetry, and short stories, including original writing in Malayalam from Kerala. The site is richly organized into sections like a desk, workbench, library, and travel archive, making it a thoughtful and personal space for a software developer with a writer's soul.
https://sentfrom.me/
D.'s personal blog, running on the Bear platform, brings back the spirit of LiveJournal-era writing with weekly life updates, film and digital photography reflections, and wandering 'what-if' musings. The site has a warm, introspective tone and even features occasional updates about the author's indoor geese, making it a charming slice-of-life read.
http://1oct1993.com/
Stanley Lieber's creative hub showcases his self-published fiction, including works described as blending Henry Miller, anime, and cheap military paperbacks into stories about time-traveling drug dealers and scam-artist child prodigies. The site archives years of posts, images, and links tied to his writing projects, with PDFs available for download and connections to RSS feeds for his various ongoing fiction serials.
https://no56.neocities.org/
No.56 is the personal site of a self-described 'self-hating bureaucrat' featuring articles, fiction, and Unreal Tournament 99 maps, all presented in an elegant Tufte CSS layout. The mix of satirical disclaimers, original writing, and game content gives the site a dry, literary sensibility that sets it apart from typical personal homepages.
https://mrsluigivargas.neocities.org/writing
Mrs. Luigi Vargas shares her fanfiction journey, from early Sonic and Hetalia fics to an almost exclusive focus on Super Mario stories inspired by Paper Mario: The Origami King. The writing section includes a fanfiction masterlist, selfship fic, school and fandom essays, and even some music covers, making it a cozy creative corner for fans of Nintendo fandom writing.
https://hayobethlehem.nl/
Hayo Bethlehem's long-running personal website features a prominent book reading log with ratings, alongside articles covering internet culture, web security, and digital matters for Dutch government. The site blends a genuine love of reading with tech-savvy commentary, making it a thoughtful corner of the old-web personal homepage tradition.