# Mr. Coleman — Short Fiction character guide

> Mr. Coleman in Short Fiction by Harry Harrison.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Coleman

**First appearance:** 0000-an-artist-s-life

## Snapshot

A name that surfaces in the corridors of authority, Mr. Coleman is the kind of figure whose decisions ripple outward into the lives of those who never meet him.

## Who they are

Mr. Coleman belongs to the layer of the world where contracts are signed, contracts are broken, and the consequences are handed down to workers and robots who have no seat at the table. He is felt more than seen, a pressure rather than a presence, and that is precisely his function. The story's early arc depends on the quiet weight of such figures, the ones whose paperwork decides who gets repaired and who gets thrown out.

## Relationships

### [Jon Venex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/jon_venex)

_professional_

Jon works under Mr. Coleman, a senior bureaucrat, with a tense dynamic of obedience and hidden resentment.

### [Brent Dalgreen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/brent_dalgreen)

_professional_

Brent and Mr. Coleman are colleagues in a shadowy organization, with mutual distrust.

### [Jon Venex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/jon_venex)

_professional_

Jon works under Mr. Coleman, a senior bureaucrat, with a tense dynamic of obedience and hidden resentment.

### [Brent Dalgreen](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/brent_dalgreen)

_professional_

Brent and Mr. Coleman are colleagues in a shadowy organization, with mutual distrust.

### [Jon Venex](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/characters/jon_venex)

_professional_

Jon works under Mr. Coleman, a senior bureaucrat, with a tense dynamic of obedience and hidden resentment.

## In the story

### [An Artist’s Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/an-artist-s-life)

The curator of the Contemporary Wing, whom Brent questions about Arthur Di Costa.

### [The Velvet Glove](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_60_se/chapters/the-velvet-glove)

The man who takes Jon into custody and is involved in a bomb plot.

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