Literature & Writing
874 sites
https://mortaki.neocities.org/
Mortaki (also known as Mordecai) built this whimsical personal site as a home for their original writing, poetry, essays, and fiction, framing themselves as a bard sharing stories with the world. Visitors can explore original works like 'Red Handed' and 'Shora Mythology', a bookshelf, manga recommendations, assorted fanfiction, and a collection of essays, all wrapped in an enthusiastically chaotic old-web aesthetic.
https://gyford.com/
Phil Gyford's personal website is a long-running hub of writing, photography, curated links, reading logs, and cultural notes from a UK-based web veteran living in Herefordshire. The site blends weekly roundup posts covering books, TV, and music with a thoughtfully maintained photo gallery and link collection, reflecting a deeply curious and well-read personality.
https://transreads.org/
Trans Reads bills itself as the world's largest free collection of trans-focused literature, offering books, essays, zines, articles, pamphlets, and more by, for, or about people who transcend western gender norms. The site features an extensive genre taxonomy spanning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and art, making it a comprehensive literary archive for transgender and gender-nonconforming readers.
https://lumpywheels.blogspot.com/
Lumpy Wheels is a long-running personal blog by a writer who goes by 'emphryio', filled with reflective notes, writing prompts, philosophical musings, and observations on human nature. The site spans years of posts exploring themes like isolation, memory, morality, and the craft of storytelling, making it a compelling window into a restless creative mind.
http://louisehart.4mg.com/
Louise Hart is an author, poet, and photojournalist who uses this site to showcase and sell her self-published ebooks and CD collections, covering topics ranging from pet spirituality to poetry and short fiction. Visitors can browse titles like 'Pet Angels,' 'Letters from the Prison and Yard,' and 'Spring Songs,' with contact information provided for purchasing first-edition multimedia collections.
https://vari.neocities.org/
Vari's personal webzone features writings, a photo album, and milestone pages in a classic oldweb style with pixel art buttons and retro web aesthetics. The site leans into its literary side with a writings section as a key feature, alongside guestbook functionality and a curated collection of 88x31 web buttons.
https://librivox.org/
LibriVox is a massive volunteer-driven project offering over 21,000 free audiobooks of public domain works, read by contributors from around the world in 49 languages. Visitors can browse the catalog by author, title, genre, or language and download recordings to any device at no cost.
https://bluelander.bearblog.dev/bear-blog-question-challenge
A reflective personal blog by the author of 'a rickety bridge of impossible crossing,' who writes to escape the anxiety of social media likes and metrics. This post is a Q&A meme about blogging habits, touching on writing routines, platform choices, and a clever CSS hack to fix a tag navigation page.
https://lukesnotes.mataroa.blog/
Luke's Notes is a thoughtful personal blog mixing music appreciation posts (highlighting favorite tracks by artists like Miles Davis, Patti Smith, and The Kinks) with book roundups, memoir-style storytelling, and essays on socialism and education. The ongoing 'Ina's Story' series, a serialized personal or family history, gives the site a distinctive literary heart that sets it apart from a typical music or politics blog.
https://cs.virginia.edu/~robins/quotes.html
Dr. Gabriel Robins, a Computer Science professor at the University of Virginia, has curated an extensive collection of famous, witty, and thought-provoking quotations gathered over many years. The page spans a wide range of voices from Napoleon Bonaparte to Ayn Rand, making it a satisfying browse for lovers of clever and memorable sayings.