The Palace of Winds and Other Short Stories

By: Daniel Maldonado

Narrated by: Craig Randall Nickerson

A collection of poignant short stories addressing romance, failures, intrigues, and beliefs from a male perspective, reflected by a synopsis of selected stories listed below:

"The Palace of Winds" - the sacrifices of a longing love.

"Black Iris" - dealing with questions of self-identity.

"Daggers Felled" - regrets over hurtful words said to a lover.

"Shattered Glass" - the loss of a love.

"Memories to Forget" - remembering a loved one.

©2011 Daniel Maldonado (P)2015 Daniel Maldonado, Esq.

"The longing to be with her."

Not really stories at all, The Palace of Winds contains twenty mins heartfelt meditations on love, almost all from a males perspective - love longed for, enjoyed, lost - often combined with a sense of guilt, of futility, loneliness and sadness. The exceptions are Black Iris (5) and He and I (28), more contemplative over lost love, but both from a female viewpoint. Each brief vignette is well crafted, sometimes thought provoking, always sad. Each felt true, emotions experienced, the longings beautiful though it woul have been pleasant to have included at least a single contemplation of love found, reciprocated and sustained. But perhaps the author cannot feel this possibikity.
Narration was by Craig Randall Nickerson, who read with sensitivity, his performance nicely paced with good intonation despite the underlying sadness. He was a fine choice to carry this work.

My thanks to the rights holder who, at my request freely gifted me with a complimentary copy. It was unexpected, musings, it seemed, of a man lonley after the loss of his own romantic asperations, and should appeal to all who have loved and lost.

Sad narratives of love

This a sad, yet relatable (for most of us), collection of narratives of various unrequited, lost, longing, or dying loves. A bit depressing and not at all what I was in the mood for, but a decent collection nonetheless.

So much emotion, you can feel the passion

Who hurt you? I have felt what you going Thur is 6 or 7 of these short story. This is truly talented writing.

Shorts and Sweets!

A wonderful collection of short stories! Great stories, great performances! I love short stories and much prefer them to long and dragged out books. Highly recommend!

Enjoyed every Second!!!

From the moment I started the book it was an instant blast. Each story was well wrote and the Narration was epic. I recommend this book to anyone. I can't wait to see what's next. I received this for free to review and I wasn't disappointed. Buy it and enjoy it like I did