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. If you have read a short story since high school, read this one.

Cailler’s characters are relatable, his stories engaging, and you’ll continuously find yourself excited to see what happens in the next story. If you haven’t read a short story since high school, start here. It’s all Los Angeles, after all, and it’s somehow more compelling to think that these things are happening all at once. Each story exists individually within its own universe, yet there’s an overall impression that any of them could walk down the street and run into someone else. 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.įrom Midwest Book Review: Clearly author Mathieu Cailler is a master of the short story format and 'Loss Angeles: Stories' is a superbly crafted volume of truly memorable stories.'įrom Pacific Book Review: There is a Runyonesque quality to ‘Loss Angeles’.

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.

Shhh by Mathieu Cailler