A less well-known and infrequently studied sub-genre of speculative fiction, slipstream is characterized by its strange circumstances and characters wherein the terms of reality are rewritten in favor of the impossible and improbable in hopes of forcing new conversations and perspectives. In this course, we will explore the postmodern genre, from its canonical writers to more contemporary dabblers, and the ways that these authors push traditional parameters of fiction–and how we might successfully pull it off ourselves.