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Rain Check

Levi Andrew Noe (Goodreads Author)

4.88 · Rating details · 16 ratings · 10 reviews

The 58 stories of Rain Check explore the vast universes that exist within the 1,000 word confines of flash literature. The material leaps gracefully from the humorous, the heartbreaking, reverent, profane, carnal and the ethereal. Noe makes us feel bound in deeply personal moments and experiences that, in turn, tap into the unifying humanity that binds us all. Rain Check z ...more

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Published July 28th 2016 by Truth Serum Press

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Oct 27, 2016 catherine ♡ rated it really liked it

Shelves: poetry, new-adult, arcs-and-requests

*Thank you to the author for providing me a free e-copy in exchange for an honest review.*

Actual Rating: 4

This was great! As someone who's always been more drawn to writing short stories and flash fiction instead of full-out novels, I always had trouble finding these types of compilations that were able to remain consistent throughout.

Noe has the rare ability balance humor and seriousness within his stories. The writing style, therefore, is definitely one of the strongest aspects of this book. T *Thank you to the author for providing me a free e-copy in exchange for an honest review.*

Actual Rating: 4

This was great! As someone who's always been more drawn to writing short stories and flash fiction instead of full-out novels, I always had trouble finding these types of compilations that were able to remain consistent throughout.

Noe has the rare ability balance humor and seriousness within his stories. The writing style, therefore, is definitely one of the strongest aspects of this book. The writing is so easy to fall in love with, and the best thing of all is that we get to see Noe's wide range of talent through the different type of pieces this book contains.

There are stories that are more tangible, that read like regular short stories, and although I did enjoy the depth in those, I connected more with the stories that were more abstract, such as the personifications of the heart or the brain. I absolutely loved these, and I felt like everything was simply so beautifully written.

I think personally I was so drawn to these abstracted pieces because they are similar to my own writing style. When the characters are unnamed or are intangible, I feel like I can connect much more, because I can truly insert myself into the story without the interruptions of characters that seemed to have set identities. In these pieces, I felt like the stories seemed much more grounded and predictable, because many writings out there are similar; on the other hand, the abstract pieces seemed much more unique and relatable. Of course, there are always exceptions, and I do understand why characters are needed, but I very much enjoyed the abstract pieces of flash fiction, especially because the style is not one that is typically seen.

I think some of my favorites were "Self-Made Secret Agent", "Writers Make Terrible Partners", "Unrequited Love of the Self", "Welcome Back", "Waking Life", "Corpus Corvidae", "Angels", "The Heart's Back Door", "The Mind", "Occupied", and "Broken Wishbones". That was such a long list, but be sure to watch of for those when you read Rain Check! ...more

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Sep 21, 2016 Guilie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, literary, recommended-by-people-i-trust, short-story

Absolutely brilliant—BRILLIANT! This book will be my go-to gift for holidays and birthdays and special occasions for this year and next. The writing is superb, the kind that makes me fall in love with words and the craft all over again. But it's not presumptuous, like so many 'good-writing' books are... This author doesn't strive for complexity or convoluted searches for meaning; the depth is there because it's intrinsic to his storytelling. It is a rare thing for an author so young to achieve t ...more

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Aug 27, 2016 Kathy rated it it was amazing

Levi Andrew Noe's writing is so assured and original. This is his debut collection and it's a beauty. I have to say I am very impressed with his publisher, Truth Serum Press's attention to detail in producing this collection. The cover is gorgeous. The book itself beautifully laid out and typeset. Noe divides the stories into 3 sections: "On Time and Place," "On Relations," and "On Mind, Body, Heart and Soul" which are pretty self-explanatory. Everything here is so fresh and bursting with a part ...more

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Aug 16, 2016 Steve Karas rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Levi Andrew Noe is a modern-day Beat. The stories in Rain Check are meditative and mystical, his characters full of spirit. From the streets of suburban Colorado to the rivers of the Himalayas, Noe makes you feel the wanderlust, backpack straps tugging at your shoulders, the hunger to connect with all that’s come before and all that’s yet to come.

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Mar 29, 2017 Al rated it really liked it

Shelves: kindle, read-2017

The stories in this collection are arranged into three sections. The first, “On Time and Place,” is followed by “On Relations” and “On Mind, Body, Heart and Soul.” Most (maybe all, depending on your working definition) of these stories fall under the category of flash fiction – short, short stories, sometimes only a hundred words. In theory it could be even less although I believe these stories were all about that length or longer.

Flash fiction often requires more of the reader, making them fill The stories in this collection are arranged into three sections. The first, “On Time and Place,” is followed by “On Relations” and “On Mind, Body, Heart and Soul.” Most (maybe all, depending on your working definition) of these stories fall under the category of flash fiction – short, short stories, sometimes only a hundred words. In theory it could be even less although I believe these stories were all about that length or longer.

Flash fiction often requires more of the reader, making them fill in the gaps with their imaginings. For example, the words “For Sale, Baby Shoes, Never Worn” have been attributed (probably incorrectly) to Hemingway, as the legend goes it was his response to a challenge to write the shortest story possible. That story requires you to fill in some gaps, but has everything you might expect in a story including one or more characters (we could imply a baby and someone, possibly a parent selling the shoes), some conflict (why were the shoes never worn?), and a setting implied. There is a plot, even if largely implied as well as a theme (maybe something about the fickleness of life). Google “elements of a story” and you'll find numerous places listing these five elements and an explanation of each.

All of the above is background to understand my one complaint with the collection, or at least a portion of it. (Yeah, I know, I need to learn to use less words, too.) My problem is that some of the stories in the first section (“On Time and Place”) didn't feel like there was a story there. I'm a fan of travel memoirs and in many instances the “stories” I'm talking about seem like a snippet from something like that. These have an evocative setting, a character in whoever is describing it, but I couldn't see the story. The note I made after several of these were the stories “were all spice, with no meat.”

I only had that issue in the first of the three sections and not even with all the stories in that section. Although I liked some stories better than others I found the stories much more compelling as I got deeper into the collection. All the elements were there or I did a better job at filling in the gaps, I'm not sure which.

**Originally written for "Books and Pals" book blog. May have received a free review copy. ** ...more

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Oct 03, 2016 Susan Swiderski rated it it was amazing

Shelves: entertaining, thought-provoking

This is a very quick read, but I'd recommend reading it at a slower, more savoring, pace. I tend to gulp books down at a rapid rate, but for this book, I often stopped my forward progress to go back and re-read a story, just so I could prolong the enjoyment. (Sometimes more than once.)

What can I say? Much like a talented artist uses brushes and paint to create works of enduring art, so, too, does this author skillfully use just the right words and just the right phrases to create enduring memora ...more

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Oct 05, 2016 Anne rated it it was amazing

Read my review at Change Seven Magazine! Link here:

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Aug 17, 2016 David rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

The thing that strikes me the most throughout all the different kinds of stories is how Noe handles the flash form. I always look for flash that can bring forth a narrative emotional singularity. In flash, as I see it, an author has room for one "note." That may not seem like the same note throughout a flash piece due to reveal, surprise, and other structural aspects, but it's all still the "sounding" and "resonation" of only one "bell." Either each word, each image, each everything ties complet ...more

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Dec 09, 2016 Nick rated it it was amazing

Rain Check is a diverse range of stories that moves the reader in all sorts of emotional directions. Some stories are funny, some are sad, some a philosophical, but they all demonstrate the power of flash fiction: the ability to make an impact in only a few hundred words. I am especially impressed that Noe doesn't rely on the cheap gimmicks that can sometimes hurt a first story collection; rather, he relies on good storytelling and clear, concise writing. The result is a quick but engaging journ ...more

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Sep 19, 2016 Hannah rated it it was amazing

Fabulous read. Levi is an amazing author with a beautiful and rare ability to take you on a true journey. This book is a quick and very entertaining read that I would recommend to anyone who appreciates traveling, love, family, and damn good stories!

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Levi Andrew Noe was born and raised in Denver, CO. He is a writer, wanderer, yogi, entrepreneur, and amateur oneironaut. Levi is the editor in chief and founder of the podcast Rocky Mountain Revival Audio Art Journal.