Literature & Writing
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http://scribaltales.com/
Scribal Tales is a creative writing and storytelling site offering original fiction, tales, and narrative works for readers who enjoy imaginative prose. The site evokes the feel of a personal literary corner of the web, with a focus on crafted storytelling in a classic old-web style.
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://sive.rs/
Derek Sivers is a multifaceted creator known for founding CD Baby who shares his essays, book notes from over 430 books, and published works covering entrepreneurship, philosophy, and personal growth. The site serves as a hub for his writings, TED talks, and ongoing projects, offering a window into the mind of a genuinely unconventional thinker.
https://internetross.space/
Ross's personal site blends technical writing about software development projects with poetry, speculative nonfiction, and literary musings in a distinctive stream-of-consciousness format. The mix of Django rewrite postmortems, Le Guin references, and original verse makes it a genuinely eclectic corner of the web that resists easy categorization but leans heavily toward writing as its unifying thread.
http://tilde.club/~schussat/slowblog-sat-20141108.html
A charming slice-of-life post by Alan Schussat on tilde.club, documenting a single Saturday in 2014 through timestamped notes collected in the Drafts app and later annotated for publication. The experiment blends personal journaling with a DIY workflow using Python and JSON to export and format the entries, making it a unique artifact of early indie web culture.
https://fogsrollingin.neocities.org/fic
A fanfiction masterpost by a prolific hurt/comfort writer whose work spans fandoms including Good Omens, Supernatural, Sandman, Murderbot, and Yuri on Ice. The site offers downloadable epubs of original fic, rec lists, fandom-specific writing resources, and essays on topics like curating your online fandom experience.
https://springhole.net/writing/does-my-character-idea-work.htm
Springhole.net offers a detailed writing guide by LRC that helps authors evaluate whether their characters are believable, well-rounded, and free from common pitfalls like the overused 'Mary Sue' trope. The article walks writers through eleven self-diagnostic questions covering everything from character flaws and organic storytelling to emotional boundaries between creator and creation.
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https://libarynth.org/start?do=index
The Libarynth is a sprawling wiki-style knowledge archive maintained by FoAM, a transdisciplinary network at the intersection of art, science, nature, and everyday life. Visitors can explore an eclectic maze of research notes, publications, project logs, and reading diaries covering topics from visual programming and fermentation to vegetarian restaurants and steady-state economics.
https://extrapenguin.neocities.org/
ExtraPenguin's fanwork archive collects their creative output across multiple formats, including fanfiction, fanart, fan-made videos, and interactive fiction. A tidy hub for fans of transformative works, the site organizes everything by type for easy browsing.
https://yeekazoid3000.neocities.org/
Lukuak's personal corner of the web, currently a placeholder announcing an upcoming redesign after a name change from a previous identity. Almost no content is live yet, but the site signals a fresh start is imminent.