Flaxman Low
Occult Detective
$39.45
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
7 April 2026
Summary
The weird—and weirdly delightful—adventures of fiction’s first occult detective.
Flaxman Low, literature’s first professional, full-time “occult detective”—that is, an intrepid investigator who deploys the scientific method when tackling paranormal phenomena—appeared in a dozen stories first published from 1898-1899. His creators, the mother-and-son team Kate O’Brien Ryall Prichard and Hesketh “Hex” Prichard (who published as “E. and H. Heron”), endowed the Oxford-trained psychologist…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262051651 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262051656 |
| Author: | E. and H. Heron, Alexander B. Joy, H. Heron |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 7 April 2026 |
| Weight: | 250g |
| Dimensions: | 27mm x 200mm x 134mm |
| Series: | MIT Press / Radium Age |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
ENDORSEMENTS
“At once dashing and cerebral, Flaxman Low is a supernatural Sherlock Holmes investigating the surreal and impossible, created by a mother and son duo who themselves seem to have come from a pulp story. Great to see these stories in a new edition!”
—Daniel Polansky, author of the Low Town book series
“New, disgusting, delightful thrills.”
—The Outlook (1899)
About The Author
E. and H. Heron
E. and H. Heron was a collective pseudonym used by the English writers Hesketh Prichard (1876-1922) and his mother, Kate O’Brien Ryall Prichard (1851-1935). “Hex” was an explorer, cricketer, naturalist, soldier, and travel writer. Kate, also an intrepid globetrotter, voyaged with her son to many remote locations; Rio Caterina, in Patagonia, is named after her. In addition to creating Flaxman Low, one of the first modern occult detectives in fiction, the duo wrote stories about Captain Rallywood and Don Q.
Alexander B. Joy earned a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is the author of Legend of the River King.
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