"Raindrops, lit red by the neon sign, ran slowly down the window,..." "The Foreign Correspondent" (Alan Furst) "The rain was coming down in its old fashion, tapping on a million roofs, and occasionally effecting an entry." "Maurice" (E. M. Forester) "The rain thickened as the train sped yet farther north;.." "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (J. K. Rowling) "In Berlin, it was raining,... " "Dark Star" (Alan Furst) " It was raining when I woke up this morning." "The Nasty Day" (Caroline Coderre) "Let the rain kiss you." "April Rain Song" (Langston Hughes) "...just as a wind-driven downpour swept over the headland and rattled against the picket fence like distant machine gun fire." "Wings of Fire" (Charles Todd) "The rain poured down like a wall." "Another Country" (James Baldwin)

"Rain filled the gutters and splashed knee-high off the sidewalk,..." "The Big Sleep" (Raymond Chandler) "Rained-on, flower-laden, coffin after coffin,..." "Casualty" (Seamus Heaney) "Cold, gray, winter rain, falling on concrete. Ray Bradbury rain." "Blind Descent" (Nevada Barr) "All day the wind had screamed and the rain had beaten against the windows,..." "Five Orange Pips" (Arthur Conan Doyle) "Gray sheets of water tumbled from the sky, breaking upon the pavements with a roar louder than cannon fire." "The Golem's Eye" (Jonathan Stroud) "The rain was falling in heavy, languorous sheets, and it ran in dirty streams along the waste-clogged gutters. " "Gun, With Occasional Music" (Jonathan Lethem) "A fine misty drizzle was falling,..." "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban" (J. K. Rowling) "He was roused by the tapping of raindrops against the window,..." "Awaiting Orders" (Tobias Wolff)