diff --git a/src/stringjsx.js b/src/stringjsx.js
index 7ae48ed..b309671 100644
--- a/src/stringjsx.js
+++ b/src/stringjsx.js
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ function render(tagName, attributes) {
 
   const children = extractChildren(arguments);
   let result = '';
+  const isFragment = tagName !== null && tagName !== undefined;
 
-  if (tagName) { // null is passed when rendering a fragment
+  if (isFragment) {
     result += '<';
 
     result += tagName;
@@ -104,7 +105,10 @@ function render(tagName, attributes) {
     } else while(children.length) {
       const child = children.shift();
 
-      if (!child) continue;
+      if (child === undefined || child === null) {
+        result += child;
+        continue;
+      }
 
       if (isCollection(child)) {
         for (let i = child.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ function render(tagName, attributes) {
       }
     }
 
-    if (tagName) result += `</${tagName}>`;
+    if (isFragment) result += `</${tagName}>`;
   }
 
   // Read about the fun world of javascript strings
diff --git a/test/stringjsx.js b/test/stringjsx.js
index 33c5f44..3643089 100644
--- a/test/stringjsx.js
+++ b/test/stringjsx.js
@@ -269,6 +269,14 @@ describe('stringjsx', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('also supports fragments w/ undefined', () => {
+    expect(
+      h(h.Fragment, null, <p>foo</p>, <em>bar</em>, <div class="qqqqqq">baz</div>).toString()
+    ).to.equal(
+      '<p>foo</p><em>bar</em><div class="qqqqqq">baz</div>'
+    );
+  });
+
   // regression test for https://github.com/developit/vhtml/issues/34
   it('does not allow cache-based html injection anymore', () => {
     const injectable = '<h1>test</h1>';
@@ -302,4 +310,101 @@ describe('stringjsx', () => {
       '<line class="second" y2="-38"></line></g></svg>'
     )
   });
+
+  describe('literal rendering', () => {
+    it('renders the empty string', () => {
+      expect(
+        <div>{''}</div>.toString()
+      ).to.equal('<div></div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders blank strings', () => {
+      expect(
+        <div>{' '} and also {'\n\n\n   \t\t\t'}</div>.toString()
+      ).to.equal('<div>  and also \n\n\n   \t\t\t</div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders a goofy string', () => {
+      expect(
+        <div>{'haha'}</div>.toString()
+      ).to.equal('<div>haha</div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders numbers', () => {
+      expect(
+        <div>
+          {63452}
+          <span>num: {12385}</span>
+          <p>{-882}, {942}</p>
+        </div>.toString()
+      ).to.equal('<div>63452<span>num: 12385</span><p>-882, 942</p></div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders infinities', () => {
+      // impressive
+      expect(
+        <div>
+          {Infinity}+{-Infinity}
+        </div>.toString()
+      ).to.equal('<div>Infinity+-Infinity</div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders a "very big" number', () => {
+      expect(
+        <div>{5463454363452342352665745632523423423}</div>.toString()
+      ).to.equal('<div>5.463454363452342e+36</div>')
+    });
+
+    // TODO: hmm maybe isn't supported by any node tooling yet?
+    // it('renders a bigint', () => {
+    //   expect(
+    //     <div>{5463454363452342352665745632523423423n}</div>.toString()
+    //   ).to.equal('<div>5463454363452342352665745632523423423</div>')
+    // });
+
+    // regression test for https://github.com/developit/vhtml/issues/40
+    it('renders zero', () => {
+      expect(
+        <div>{0} elephants carrying {0} trees</div>.toString()
+      ).to.equal('<div>0 elephants carrying 0 trees</div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders booleans', () => {
+      expect(
+        <div>
+          <p>{true} love</p>
+          <th>{false} promises</th>
+        </div>.toString()
+      ).to.equal('<div><p>true love</p><th>false promises</th></div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders undefined', () => {
+      expect(<div>{undefined} behaviour</div>.toString())
+        .to.equal('<div>undefined behaviour</div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders null', () => {
+      expect(<div>{null} and void</div>.toString())
+        .to.equal('<div>null and void</div>')
+    });
+
+    it('"renders" an object', () => {
+      expect(<div>object? {{}} object</div>.toString())
+        .to.equal('<div>object? [object Object] object</div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders an array', () => {
+      expect(<div>little bit of {['a', 'b']}</div>.toString())
+        .to.equal('<div>little bit of ab</div>')
+    });
+
+    it('renders toString', () => {
+      const instrument = {
+        toString: function() { return 'ukulele' },
+      }
+
+      expect(<div>instrument: {instrument}</div>.toString())
+        .to.equal('<div>instrument: ukulele</div>')
+    });
+  });
 });