# Liz Coates — Short Fiction character guide

> Liz Coates in Short Fiction by Ernest Hemingway.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Liz

**First appearance:** 0001-up-in-michigan

## Snapshot

A neat, quiet hired girl in Hortons Bay who watches the blacksmith come down the road and feels something she can't say aloud.

## Who they are

Liz Coates works for the Smiths and is the tidiest girl Mrs. Smith has ever seen, but her real life is the kitchen door and the view of Jim Gilmore walking over from the shop. She likes his mustache, his white teeth, the pale skin above his tan line, and she is too afraid even to bake him something for the hunting trip. Her wanting is patient and unspoken, which is exactly what makes the story's turn so quietly devastating.

## Relationships

### [Jim Gilmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/jim_gilmore)

_romantic_

Jim Gilmore and Liz Coates are involved in a romantic relationship, marked by intimacy and emotional tension.

### [Jim Gilmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/jim_gilmore)

_romantic_

Jim Gilmore and Liz Coates are involved in a romantic relationship, marked by intimacy and emotional tension.

### [Jim Gilmore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/characters/jim_gilmore)

_romantic_

Jim Gilmore and Liz Coates are involved in a romantic relationship, marked by intimacy and emotional tension.

## In the story

### [Up in Michigan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_15_se/chapters/up-in-michigan)

A young woman working for the Smiths; she is infatuated with Jim and experiences a mix of desire and fear during their encounter on the dock.

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