Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://benkuhn.net/
Ben Kuhn's personal essay site covers topics ranging from project management and leadership to startup advice, attention, and listening skills, drawing on his experience at Wave and Anthropic. The writing is thoughtful and substantive, with dozens of well-developed essays that make this a compelling destination for anyone interested in self-improvement, tech careers, and clear thinking.
https://fraudcomplex.neocities.org/
Fraud Complex is a minimalist personal site featuring a blog, a bookshelf section, and a curated links page, suggesting a literary or reading-focused personality behind the scenes. The landing page invites visitors to explore neighboring sites like Planet Babb and the Webzone, giving it a cozy, interconnected old-web community feel.
https://buriedalive.neocities.org/
A hauntingly atmospheric interactive fiction piece that draws visitors into a creepy abandoned house mystery, written in an immersive second-person narrative style. The page unfolds like a campfire story, blending eerie imagery of spiderwebs, rotten food, and a breathing box to create a sense of dread and curiosity.
http://authorscalendar.info/
Kirjasto.sci.fi is a Finnish-language reference site dedicated to authors and literary history, offering biographical and bibliographical information on writers from around the world. The Authors Calendar format suggests a rich encyclopedic archive organized around writers' birth and death dates, making it a unique resource for literary research.
https://contino.com/
Andrea Contino's long-running personal blog, written since 2009, blends Italian and English posts covering life in California, reflections on blogging culture, and personal memories. A thoughtful and intimate space that champions the blog format as a place for authentic self-expression over social media noise.
https://viljoen.space/
Steyn Viljoen is a customer experience designer who publishes long-form essays spanning product design, philosophy, parenting, and technology, drawing from over a decade of hands-on work with startups and innovation projects. The archive stretches back to 2014 and offers candid, reflective writing on topics as varied as screen time debates, building a backyard pergola, and the nature of cooperative organisations.
https://mani.neocities.org/
Mani's personal Neocities site is currently under renovation, but keeps a handful of pages live including original character fiction, two named story projects (Traversion and Prismagic), and a webcomic recommendations page. The creative writing and OC content form the clearest thread through an otherwise sparse landing page.
https://kamingawan.nekoweb.org/
Kamingawan is a beautifully atmospheric personal site whose creator draws on Filipino language and nature imagery to craft an immersive forest-clearing aesthetic, complete with a curated site playlist featuring artists like Ryn Weaver and Dead Sara. Visitors can explore a blog, graphics, links, and a status widget tracking current reads, watches, and music hyperfixations including Linkin Park and Ace Attorney.
https://memory.elliott.computer/
Elliott's "memory site" is a personal web journal with 142 pages of timestamped observations, reflections, and vignettes capturing everyday life across cities like Oakland, NYC, and Stockholm. The writing ranges from intimate personal notes to musings on web culture, making it a quietly compelling record of one person's inner and outer world.
https://sadgrlonline.github.io/archived-goblin-heart.net
Goblin Heart is a cozy, atmospheric personal site by sadgrlonline, built around an immersive cottage-themed welcome page with a rotating text animation that sets a distinctly warm and whimsical tone. The site features a personal blog with essays, a library of recent reads, and a Rooms section, making it a charming creative corner of the old web.