Show HN: tale.fyi, we deserve a home for fiction
A new platform called tale.fyi has been launched to serve as a dedicated home for fiction on the web, integrating public domain libraries with reading and listening features. The creator emphasizes the importance of fiction for empathy and aims to provide a space where users retain ownership of their creative work.
Why it matters
The project highlights a growing desire to curate digital spaces for literature and creative expression, contrasting with the internet's current focus on non-fiction and social media.
The short version: I built tale.fyi as a home for fiction on the web, starting with humanity's public domain library. It saves your progress, allows you to switch seamlessly between reading and listening, and share notes with your friends. Try it on tale.fyi/a-christmas-carol , which is a surprisingly fun (and funny!) hang even in 2026.
I love books; in college I split my time between Computer Science and Literature, a mix that not everybody understood, but with the recent rapid advancement of computers that can read and speak in English prose, that combination seems more important than ever, and that's why I think now is the most important time to say something I've been feeling since my first experiments with micro fiction on Twitter in 2007:
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