Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://illegible.neocities.org/
A chaotic and charming personal blog by a creator going by Googleplex, featuring daily entries, a fortune generator, a word of the day, and an intentionally illegible aesthetic full of bright colors and playful hostility. The site leans heavily into old-web personality culture with webrings, a music page, and quirky subpages including one dedicated to toothpaste.
https://petrichoran.wtf/
The Magician's Lair is the personal corner of Willow Rosenberg, known online as petrichoran, who hosts essays on alterhumanity, short fiction, and reflections on soulbonding and collective identity. The site has a distinct mystical aesthetic inspired by the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot and serves as both a creative writing hub and a home for the creator's plural and alterhuman experiences.
https://mediaminer.org/
MediaMiner is a long-running fan fiction archive specializing in anime and manga series, with tens of thousands of stories spanning beloved titles like InuYasha, Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto, and dozens more. Visitors can browse alphabetically, by series, or by popularity, making it one of the most comprehensive anime fan fiction repositories from the old web era.
https://kith.org/jed/2004/10/09/borges-and-seuss
Jed Hartman's personal blog 'Lorem Ipsum' features posts on literature, writing, and language, including this entry exploring connections between experimental fiction and authors like Borges. The blog covers a wide range of topics with a strong emphasis on writing and writers, making it a thoughtful read for fans of literary discussion.
http://in-blue-rain.org/reading//fans.php
Dreaming With Eyes Open is a fanlisting dedicated to the love of reading, connecting book enthusiasts from dozens of countries around the world. Part of the Blue Rain network since 2014, it brings together fans from Argentina to Wales under a shared appreciation for the pastime of reading.
https://tuesdaysplace.neocities.org/
Tuesday's Place is a richly layered personal site featuring shrines to Serial Experiments Lain, Disco Elysium, and Stranger Things alongside original creative work including worldbuilding, original characters, songwriting, and zines. Visitors can also explore conlang games, a food diary, playlists, small artist recommendations, and a design tutorial, making this a genuinely eclectic creative hub.
https://thisdaysportion.com/
This Day's Portion (TDP) is a quietly poetic personal blog by a writer who shares original verse and reflections, currently in a slow hibernation mode with only subscriber notifications active. The site carries an understated literary charm, offering glimpses of meditative, image-driven poems about time, leaves, and everyday moments.
https://kimberlyhirsh.com/
Kimberly Hirsh's personal blog is a reading-focused stream of posts tracking her book completions, literary commentary, and occasional pop culture musings. With nearly 500 pages of archived entries, the site offers a rich ongoing record of an enthusiastic reader's journey through romance novels, classics, and contemporary fiction.
https://gryffindors.com/fairytales
Once Upon a Time is a fanlisting dedicated to fairy tales in general, welcoming fans of classic stories like Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and Snow White. Maintained by Juliet as part of the Fairytale Dreams collective and listed with The Fanlistings Network, it lets visitors grab a button and join a community of 46 fellow fairy tale enthusiasts.
https://seneth.me/
Seneth's personal corner of the web features a 'Writings' section as the primary content offering, alongside a 'Things' section that hints at collected curiosities. The site's playful Roald Dahl-inspired vocabulary ('scrumdiddlyumptious', 'trogglehumper') gives it a whimsical charm that sets it apart from the typical personal homepage.