Give Us This Day

By Terence Young

Give Us This Day is a striking collection of short fiction that explores the weight of the past through a kaleidoscope of voices and styles. From retired grandparents thrust into unexpected childcare parenthood to young labourers adrift in mines and road crews, from teachers struggling to find meaning in their classrooms to couples at a crossroads, these stories capture the quiet reckonings of everyday existence. Whether intimate or expansive, meditative or urgent, each story reveals how missteps and circumstances shape identity, and how, for many, the past is never truly left behind. Give Us This Day is a profound meditation on regret, resilience, and the fragile beauty of human connection.

Stories from the collection have appeared in The Malahat Review, Prairie Fire, The Portland Review, The Worcester Review, Blank Spaces, Stag Hill Journal, Kelp Journal, Spilled Milk Magazine, and the CBC.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773241613
• ISBN13: 9781773241616
• Release Date: September 2025
• Publisher: Signature Editions
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"