Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://gracelessbuteffective.neocities.org/
A deliberately low-key Neocities personal site built around reading, writing, and watching, featuring original short stories, nonfiction pieces, and handmade zines including a notable 'chemozine' series created during the author's leukemia treatment. The site logs books and movies, shares personal photos, and maintains an intentionally anti-algorithmic charm that makes it a genuinely compelling corner of the indie web.
https://noahie.xyz/
Noahie Valk's personal terminal-style site serves as a hub for their writing, philosophy, and fiction, with a blog, link log, and a section called Somnia. The minimalist monospace aesthetic and keywords like 'modern monasticism' and 'cogito' hint at a thoughtful, literary sensibility worth exploring.
https://chigby.org/
Cameron Higby-Naquin is a programmer, dancer, and author whose personal site showcases an impressive range of creative work including original fiction, interactive games, and poetry projects. Highlights include 'The Ninth Archive,' a reality-bending narrative, several tabletop RPG titles, and developer resources for the Elm programming language.
https://v4lent1ne.neocities.org/
V4LENT1NE is the cozy neocities home of a self-described 'virtual recluse and barely writing writer,' featuring a blog, reading library, and creative notebook. The site has a moody, introspective atmosphere with a focus on reading and writing, currently tracking books like 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower.'
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.
http://hyperreal.org/~mpesce
Mark Pesce's original 1994 homepage is a sprawling archive of his written works, lectures, rituals, essays, and interviews spanning topics from virtual reality to spirituality to Burning Man. A pioneering figure in VR and internet culture, Pesce shares everything from Wired magazine articles to spiritual reflections, making this a fascinating time capsule of early web intellectual life.
https://phantasmagorya.neocities.org/
Phantasmagorya is a Portuguese-language personal site by a creator known as phompho, featuring shrines, a blog, and a growing collection of written texts alongside pages dedicated to books, films, and series. The site has a gothic, whimsical aesthetic and is actively updated with new writing, shrines including one for a Minecraft world, and media logs.
https://racc.blog/
Raccoon's Trash Can is a personal blog where a pseudonymous writer explores the messy, imperfect, and fascinating aspects of being human through short reflective posts. Topics range from ethics and freedom to favourite memes, paired with a curated random quote page and a warm, cozy aesthetic.
https://bluegarden.neocities.org/
Blue Garden is a fanfiction archive run by a writer named Blue, collecting works for games and series including Identity V, Limbus Company, and Bungou Stray Dogs. The site is actively updated with new fics and features a clean navigation structure, guestbook, and links to other fan creative communities.
http://antonraubenweiss.com/gibson
William Gibson Aleph is a decade-old comprehensive information collection dedicated to cyberpunk author William Gibson, covering his novels across the Sprawl Series, Bridge Trilogy, and beyond. Visitors will find biographies, novel summaries, glossaries, film adaptations, mediagraphies, and images all organized around Gibson's influential body of work.