# Slim Coleman — Short Science Fiction character guide

> Slim Coleman in Short Science Fiction by Noel Loomis.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Coleman

**First appearance:** 0000-electron-eat-electron

## Snapshot

A short, chunky detective with a partner and a rent problem, sneaking into his own office through a coal chute while building a machine called the Brain-Finder.

## Who they are

Slim Coleman works detection alongside a narrator who dodges their landlord Swanberg and hauls ham sandwiches through coal chutes to keep the rent at bay. Three months behind and betting everything on the Brain-Finder, Slim is the steady center of a partnership held together by stubbornness and cheap coffee. His willingness to keep working when the money has run out makes him the quiet engine of whatever scheme the pair is chasing.

## Relationships

### [Tom Ellingbery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/characters/tom_ellingbery)

_friendship_

Slim and Tom are close buddies, sharing adventures and banter.

### [Dale Stevenson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/characters/dale_stevenson)

_friendship_

Dale and Slim are comrades, supporting each other through crises.

### [Tom Ellingbery](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/characters/tom_ellingbery)

_friendship_

Slim and Tom are close buddies, sharing adventures and banter.

### [Dale Stevenson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/characters/dale_stevenson)

_friendship_

Dale and Slim are comrades, supporting each other through crises.

### [Dale Stevenson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/characters/dale_stevenson)

_friendship_

Dale and Slim are comrades, supporting each other through crises.

## In the story

### [Parking, Unlimited](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/chapters/parking-unlimited)

The schemer who pitches the parking garage idea, uses blackmail to secure the lease, and operates the reducing gadget.

### [Remember the 4th!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_science_fiction_2_se/chapters/remember-the-4th)

Doc's partner and inventor of the Brain-Finder. He is focused on using the device to solve cases and make money, but respects Doc's decision to destroy it.

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