Flaxman Low is a fictional character created by British authors Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and his mother, Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard, published under the pseudonyms "H. Heron" and "E. Heron". Low is credited with being one of the first occult detectives in fiction, and appears in a series of twelve short stories, first published from 1898 to 1899.