this is a ghost story

Bonus: Performance evaluator

“Greek ornament.” Styles of ornament. n.d.

Plate LII. Thousand insects of Japan. Shin Nihon senchu zukai. 1919. 

Pearson’s Magazine Jan-June 1898; among many other articles this volume contains the first appearance in print of Flaxman Low; credited as being the first psychic detective. This volume contains the first 6 [of a total of 13] ‘Real Ghost Stories’ created by British authors Hesketh Hesketh-Prichard and his mother Kate O'Brien Ryall Prichard, published under the pseudonyms “H. Heron” and “E. Heron”. Flaxman Low is actually a pseudonym for “one of the leading scientists of the” Victorian era, whose real name is not disclosed in the stories. He was an accomplished athlete in his youth and has turned his interests to a scientific study of the occult the stories in theis volume are as follows The Story of the Spaniards, Hammersmith (1898); Low is called in by an old friend to investigate a house haunted by a suffocating, bladder-like presence The Story of Medhans Lea (1898); Low investigates a house plagued by a child’s crying, and a sinister figure dressed in black with a horrifying laugh The Story of the Moor Road (1898); Low crosses paths with a sickly, coughing spirit which assaults travelers on the Moor Road The Story of Baelbrow (1898); When the ephemeral, harmless ghost of Baelbrow takes on a material, deadly form, Low risks his life to find an explanation. The Story of the Grey House:  Low’s curiosity is piqued by the history of the Grey House, where numerous residents have been found mysteriously hanged, even though no rope is ever found The Story of Yand Manor House (1898); Low brings a friend, French philosopher Thierry, along on a curious case.  The Yand House dining-room is possessed by a malevolent spirit which cannot be seen or heard: only felt and tasted Flaxman Low himself is a psychic detective of a pure Sherlock Holmes-ian style: he investigates and solves psychic mysteries with no tools other than his immense knowledge of supernatural phenomena and his keen powers of observation - “The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” (2009) includes a short story by author Barbara Roden, “The Things That Shall Come Upon Them” which teams up Flaxman Low with Sherlock Holmes who together investigate a haunted house mystery

The full collection of stories was published in 1898/99 in Pearson’s Magazine and later in one volume in 1899 as The Experiences of Flaxman Low - the magazine however has 75 illustrations many more than were featured in single book which used only 12.

Created for Leslie Feinberg’s Transgender Warriors, featuring characters from Dykes To Watch Out For