~ Early Web Links ~

The New York Moon is an experimental internet publication that follows the actual lunar cycle, releasing new editions with each phase of the moon. Mixing radio art, audio performance, guerrilla recordings, and written projects from contributors like Diego Stocco and Peter Kowalchuk, it occupies a strange and compelling niche between literary magazine, sound art gallery, and radio broadcast.

Created by Elke Zobl, the Grrrl Zine Network is a comprehensive international directory of grrrl, lady, queer, and trans folk zines, distros, and DIY projects spanning dozens of countries and multiple languages. The site also offers extensive resources on third-wave feminism, cyberfeminism, zine history, academic writing, and how-to guides for zine creation.

The Book of Zines, edited by Chip Rowe, is a comprehensive directory covering every aspect of zine culture including archives, libraries, distribution, legal issues, reviews, and history. A go-to reference for self-publishers and zine enthusiasts, it also accompanies a published book available on Kindle, Nook, and Kobo.

TheZONE is a quirky, space-themed creative hub built around an ongoing e-zine called the Super Secret Zone, now on its fifth issue, featuring original comics, short fiction, art, and classified ads. Visitors can submit anonymous "super secrets" via a web form, which may be featured in future issues, giving the site a participatory and irreverent old-web personality.

The Anarchist Zine Library is a free digital archive of anarchist and anarchic zines, books, and periodicals available for download, covering topics from labor rights and anti-capitalism to gender liberation and historical movements. Rebooted under azinelibrary.org, this beta platform lets visitors browse, search, and tag a growing collection of radical literature spanning decades of anarchist thought.

Natrix's personal corner of the small web, viper.skin is built around a love of snakes, zines, tiny games, and handcrafted internet culture with a deep nostalgic streak for the 90s and 00s web. The site highlights creative work including art, zines, and small games, while Natrix shares their identity as a queer xennial who has stepped away from corporate social media in favor of the yesterweb movement.

Electric Velocipede appears to be a literary or speculative fiction publication with a distinctive name that evokes early mechanical transportation. The site is largely a splash page with minimal visible content, but the title suggests a zine or small press journal focused on experimental or genre fiction.

The Infinite Matrix is an online science fiction magazine edited by Eileen Gunn, featuring original stories, columns, and criticism from acclaimed authors like Bruce Sterling, Cory Doctorow, Ted Chiang, and many other luminaries of the genre. The zine positions itself as a publication for readers who appreciate science fiction as a serious literature of ideas, with an archive spanning 2001 to 2008.

Common Pest is a personal creative hub by a maker who goes by the same name, hosting self-produced zines, music logs, and various creative projects while learning HTML and CSS from scratch. The site features a charming bat-filled illustrated tree as its navigation, a blog, and a music section covering artists like Tears for Fears, the Deftones, and Twenty One Pilots.

ZineLibraries.info is the home of the Zine Librarians Interest Group, a collective dedicated to sharing resources, expertise, and best practices for building and maintaining zine collections in libraries and archives worldwide. Founded in 2007, the site offers guides on cataloging, collection policy, shelving, workshops, and events like the Zine Librarians unConference and International Zine Library Day.