Loss Angeles

International Book Awards Short-Story Fiction Finalist

Best Book Awards Short-Story Fiction Finalist

New York Book Festival Honorable Mention

Hollywood Book Festival Honorable Mention

In this superb debut collection of short stories, Mathieu Cailler weaves tales which bring to life the deeply-human experience with loss and its range of outcomes. From loneliness to recovered relationships, from despair to redemption, from heartbreak to humor, these fifteen stories illuminate the sadness, bewilderment, conflict and ultimate hope which can come from each human being's inevitable encounters with loss.

Author Laurie Alberts writes: "LOSS ANGELES doesn't focus on the bright lights of Tinseltown, but rather on the quiet day-to-day pain of marginalized people paralyzed by loss, poor choices, obsessions, and love. These subtle, beautifully wrought, and richly realized stories showcase Cailler as an intrepid fiction writer who is always compassionate to his characters and their moral quandaries."

"Clearly author Mathieu Cailler is a master of the short story format and Loss Angeles is a superbly crafted volume of truly memorable stories."  (Midwest Book Review)

"There is a Runyonesque quality to Loss Angeles... If you haven't read a short story since high school, start here. Cailler's characters are relatable, his stories engaging, and you'll continuously find yourself excited to see what happens in the next story... read this one. You won't regret it."  (Pacific Book Review, Kimberlee Hicks)

"Whatever the subject, however common the predicaments are, Cailler helps us see and hear flesh-and-blood people with a calm, clear-eyed sureness so that we accept the usually tender, sometimes surprising, always satisfying endings as natural, even beautiful." (Easy Reader, Ron Arias)

"Cailler's Loss Angeles is a must read. There are many surprises here and readers will go on multiple journeys at once that will expand their own consciousness and point them in a new direction in dealing with their own tragic and existential crises. The stories teach without preaching, and we are better humans for having experienced them." (Niles Reddick, Midwest Book Review)

"Loss Angeles by Mathieu Cailler is an interesting collection of short stories... There are fifteen stories, which look at the private lives of a diverse cast of characters, with diverse challenges, violence, tragedy, grief, loss, conflict, compassion, empathy and love. REALITY, people; flaws and all! The author shows us all that life is complex, can be difficult, has hardships, challenges, and that we all need compassion and empathy. Very compelling. A treasure to be sure!" (Book Addiction)