Buy your copy of In Other Words

In Other Words is our collection of short stories by autistic authors. Eight writers took part in our 2016-17 creative writing opportunity Square Peg Stories, and each wrote an original short story with mentoring from a team of established authors.

The collection has an introduction by autistic author and poet (and Mainspring trustee!) Joanne Limburg, and a foreword by the novelist David Mitchell. It is beautiful, hilarious, heart-breaking and mind-bending.

In Other Words is available below as a limited edition hardback or paperback.

In Other Words

A shift in the nature of light reveals an eighth colour in the visible spectrum. A boy befriends the last tree in the natural world. A single mother receives help at the darkest point of her life. A young man finds himself trapped in a university overrun by crows.

These stories and more form In Other Words, an anthology as varied as the writers themselves. Some cover trauma, societal issues and stigma; others offer fragments of hope and light. Some reach back in time while others transport us to another dimension altogether. There is heartbreak, wit, humour, poignancy and above all a mastery of the imagination.

The collection includes:

A Conversation of Sparrows – Jon Adams
The Crows – Kate Roy
Standard Candles – Damian Sawyer
The Beach House – Luke Matthews
Light Revolution – J B Wiskey
The Last Tree – Sarah Davis
The Clockmaker – Esther Lowery
Winona the Angelic Wizard – Richard Baskett