Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://nondev.fuckup.club/
A minimalist personal journal by a developer known as nondev, featuring numbered log entries with cryptic titles like PROTOCOL, DELETIAN, and EXTENDIS alongside notes, links, and ASCII bits. The site has a distinctive lo-fi terminal aesthetic with webrings, a feed system, and a deliberately sparse old-web sensibility.
https://francescrossley.com/
Frances runs this personal blog covering books, history, film, and the day-to-day, with a warm and curious voice that ranges from Sylvia Plath to Victorian taxidermy. The site features a blogroll of feeds in old-school style, reading notes, and short reflective posts that make it a cozy corner of the indie web.
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://starwars.annathecrow.net/fanfiction
Annathecrow's Star Wars fanfiction archive collects original stories ranging from canon-divergence AUs to gift exchange works, centered heavily on characters like Satine Kryze, Padmé Amidala, and Obi-Wan Kenobi. The site showcases a thoughtful writer with a penchant for femslash, polyamory, and emotionally rich 'fix-it' narratives set in the Star Wars universe.
https://taigabeetle.nekoweb.org/
Leo/Chicago/Bonnie/Taiga's personal passion project includes a blog with poetry, recipes and a food log, media recommendations, educational content, and dedicated shrines for things they care deeply about. The site is a cozy, wide-ranging creative space built on Nekoweb with a clear aesthetic vision and a warm, inviting tone.
http://ernestbramah.com/news.htm
A dedicated hub for fans and collectors of Ernest Bramah, the early 20th-century British author best known for his Kai Lung stories, maintained by Mike Berro. The site features news updates, rare bibliography additions, first edition valuations, and community contributions from researchers tracing Bramah's life and literary appearances.
https://whey-isolate.neocities.org/
Whey's Lounge is the creative home of Ethan K. Fang, featuring an original sci-fi novel called Hyades, an interactive text-based adventure in the Orion section, and a blog covering cassette tapes, queerness, and personal reflections. The site is built around a lore-rich 'Horizon Gate' navigation concept and spans multiple creative projects, making it a genuinely imaginative corner of the indie web.
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://hellomei.dev/
Hellomei is an 18+ personal creative site by a creator who self-identifies as 'proship' or 'profic', focusing on transgressive and taboo fictional themes with appropriate warnings in place. Visitors are greeted with a content gate before entering a space featuring animations, moving gifs, and other visual effects.
https://tofutush.github.io/
Tofutush's personal blog covers a wide range of topics including original characters, book and game reviews, travel, college life, and web development guides, with a notable focus on creative writing and OC (original character) development. The site also hosts 'The Iron Ragdoll,' an original fiction project, along with bilingual posts in English and Chinese that reflect the creator's multicultural background.