Literature & Writing
874 sites
http://tilde.club/~schussat/slowblog-sat-20141108.html
A charming slice-of-life post by Alan Schussat on tilde.club, documenting a single Saturday in 2014 through timestamped notes collected in the Drafts app and later annotated for publication. The experiment blends personal journaling with a DIY workflow using Python and JSON to export and format the entries, making it a unique artifact of early indie web culture.
http://infinityplus.co.uk/misc/sites.htm
Infinity Plus is a curated links page from the well-known SF and fantasy fiction site run by Keith Brooke, pointing visitors toward science fiction and fantasy resources across the web, including link directories, writing and publishing guides, and sites exploring sustainable futures. A thoughtful starting point for genre fans and aspiring writers, it avoids redundant link-dumping in favor of hand-picked, categorized destinations.
https://greatsfandf.com/
A critically curated guide to science fiction and fantasy literature, this site offers detailed author lists, bibliographies, and discussions of speculative fiction works deemed worth reading. Highlights include specialty lists, overlooked gems, and deep bibliographic coverage of authors like Lord Dunsany and E.T.A. Hoffmann.
https://write-on.org/
Varve's Burrow is the creative home of a writer currently deep in work on a novel, with sections dedicated to art, writing, and personal reflection. The site has a warm, indie-web sensibility, complete with old-school web badges, a fediverse presence, and a refreshingly honest voice about the creative process.
https://www.fauxtrots.com/rss
Emily Fauxtrots writes personal essays and long-form reflections on life, mental health, unemployment, and media she loves, blending candid vulnerability with thoughtful analysis. Posts range from year-in-review introspection to deep dives on fiction like 'The Sisters of Dorley' and tech experiments with Meshtastic and LoRa radio.
https://moonspeaker.ca/FoundSubjects/about.html
The Moonspeaker is a long-running personal website by C. Osborne covering fiction, essays, feminist and Amazonian themes, and wide-ranging intellectual commentary under the tagline 'where some ideas are stranger than others.' The site spans sections on Turtle Island, allocentric perceptions, and found subjects, reflecting decades of thoughtful, unconventional writing and curation.
https://breathingdreams.neocities.org/
Breathing Dreams is a personal fanfiction archive by Shadaras, mirroring their work from AO3 with its own organizational system covering categories like trans themes, femslash, small fandoms, and original works. The collection spans a wide range of fandoms including Mo Dao Zu Shi, Tamora Pierce's Tortall and Emelan universes, Killjoys, and Friends at the Table podcast.
https://angelmori.neocities.org/
Angelmori is a thoughtfully curated personal site where the creator shares book reviews, poetry, and reflections inspired by philosophy and literature, including works by Camus, Thich Nhat Hanh, and Lao Tzu. The site has a dreamy, hopeful aesthetic and features a growing library of literary reviews, a blog, and even a fan shrine, making it a warm and intellectually curious corner of the web.
https://musing.ispretty.fyi/
Leaf is a 26-year-old California writer whose personal journal covers self-reflection, healing, sobriety, and creative philosophy in short, thoughtful blog posts. The site has a quiet, introspective tone with a literary sensibility, complete with a guestbook, photo archive, and participation in indie webrings.
https://juni-mp4.bearblog.dev/
Juni's personal blog is a poetic, introspective space filled with numbered 'inklings' that read like short philosophical or emotional meditations, alongside a well-curated reading log featuring titles like Circe, Frankenstein, and If We Were Villains. The site blends existentialist musings with a cozy indie-web aesthetic, webrings, and a bookshelf tracker that reflects a deeply literary sensibility.