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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 05/10/2026

A story about a group of orphans that are shipped to Hell—literally. Written by Robert G Penner, recommended by Jeremy M Davies. buff.ly/Q1XwFpi

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The Hottest Colony in the Empire Is Literal Hell - Electric Literature

An excerpt from NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL by Robert G Penner, recommended by Jeremy M Davies

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Morgan Leigh Davies @mldavies.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Victorianists out there: you MUST read this absolutely gonzo brilliant book. I felt like it had been written for me personally. It's about the Victorians colonizing hell. Penner KNOWS. HIS. SHIT. Fully understands the imperial/colonial mind, riffs on many Victorian genres but with a light touch...

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Notes on a Colonial Situation in Hell — McNALLY EDITIONS

Robert G. Penner “Tastefully insane and morbidly fun . . . delightfully realistic . . . Dante’s Inferno as envisioned by Monty Python. A sidesplitting pleasure.” —Molly McGhee, author of ...

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McNally Editions @mcnallyeditions.com · 16/09/2026

One place it's never too soon to go is Below. Early copies of our first hardcover original, Robert G. Penner's epic Victorian satire NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL, have landed (arisen?) at McNallyEditions.com.

A tremulous hand holds a copy of Robert G. Penner's novel NOTES ON A COLONIAL SITUATION IN HELL in front of a sign reading "Greetings from Hell" topping a bookshop display of other infernal fiction.

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buy my book @nmamatas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This book was super-good. My full review will be in the next Interzone.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Wow! Lovely selection of @mcnallyeditions.com, courtesy of editor Jeremy Davies. Thanks so much. Such a great publisher.

The following titles in the customary style of a rectangle of white with text and a classic or striking image for each book. Left to right, two rows:

Thereafter Johnnie by Carolivia Herron
Kitchen Venom by Philip Henser
Beloved Son Felix by Felix Platter
Twice Lost by Phyllis Paul
The Girls by John Bowen
Notes on a Colonial Situation by Robert G. Renner
The Feast by Margaret Kennedy
Quake by Kitty Mrosovsky
Pictures of Nobody by Philip Owens
Stainless by Todd Crimson

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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 27/08/2026

EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT: On Tuesday September 29 at 7pm, Robert G. Penner will launch Notes on a Colonial Situation in Hell - based on the premise that the British Empire colonized Hell in the 19th century - hosted by @adeleperry.bsky.social www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18989/... @mcnallyeditions.com

The cover of Notes on a Colonial Situation in Hell appears on the left. On the right is an image of the book's author, Robert G. Penner.

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Mark Bould @markbould.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

How I Spent My Summer Holidays, or, My Complete Failure to Write an Actual Sodding Review of China Miéville’s New Novel THE ROUSE (with thanks to Rob, Roger, Deb and Cameron - and China)

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Revenance Event

China Miéville returns to fiction with a secret history of late-twentieth-century Britain.

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