Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://sylum.web.fc2.com/
Sylum's Asylum is a personal creative space with plans for shrines dedicated to LADS and a yume project, styled as an outlet for thoughts and feelings too wild for a therapist. The site is in early construction but hints at a decorative, shrine-building hobbyist with a playful sense of humor.
https://wris.neocities.org/
Wris maintains a quietly reflective personal page where short, poetic posts muse on dead links, the web as gardening, time, and human connection in the digital age. The writing is thoughtful and literary, blending personal observation with lyrical fragments and a distinct old-web aesthetic.
https://havensworn.neocities.org/
A atmospheric personal site with a woodland aesthetic, featuring a library and stories section that suggests a focus on original fiction and creative writing. The site's moody, nature-themed design and navigation sections like 'library' and 'stories' point to a creative writing haven tucked away in a cozy corner of the web.
https://incorporealbard.online/
Lindsey's cozy corner of the web blends weeknotes, book thoughts, knitting and sewing projects, and media logs into a warmly personal slice of indie web life. The site features a reading log, shrines, a guestbook, and regular journal-style updates that make it feel like a genuine digital living space.
https://tre.praze.net/
Tre's personal corner of the web hosts a mix of fanfiction, music tracking, photos, coding projects, and journal entries under one independent roof. The site covers fan content for Final Fantasy X, FF16, and Dermot Morgan, alongside activity trackers for books, games, and films, making it a lively creative hub.
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://brainbaking.com/post/2022/04/march-2022
Brain Baking is a personal blog by a Belgian writer and academic who shares monthly reflections on life, technology, music, bread baking, and self-hosting adventures. Each monthly review weaves together personal events, blog post summaries, and curated links covering topics from Docker and RSS to hip-hop and video games.
https://neglectedbooks.com/
NeglectedBooks.com is a dedicated literary review site celebrating obscure, out-of-print, and overlooked books from the 19th and 20th centuries, with a particular focus on forgotten works by women writers. Each post offers thoughtful long or short reviews that make a compelling case for why these buried titles deserve a second look.
http://ernestbramah.com/
Maintained by Mike Berro, this comprehensive bibliography site covers the complete works of Ernest Bramah, the elusive early 20th-century British author best known for his Kai Lung stories and Max Carrados mysteries. Visitors will find scanned book covers, edition identification points, periodical appearances, biography and criticism, and links to full online texts spanning decades of updates.
https://shannonkay.com/
Shannon Kay's cheerful personal homepage celebrates the indie web spirit, featuring sections on books, coffee, tech, and creative interests alongside webrings, a guestbook, and a classic homepage project. A self-described Californian early millennial and mom of three, Shannon brings a warm, nostalgic energy to handcrafted HTML and CSS as a form of creative expression.