Hierophany & Hedge

Hierophany & Hedge Hierophany & Hedge are purveyors of fine eldritch goods and services including magical reagents, sib

08/10/2026

One of the highlights of our recent trip to Gen Con this year was seeing all the love for the Dungeon Crawler Carl universe. The community showed up with everything from pinball machines to cosplays, and from larger-than-life statues to visits from Soundbooth Theater and Matt Dinniman.

Our girls, who only tolerate crowds on their home turf, decided not to come, but we think they’re a bit jealous of the trip.

They made this little video to try to get the attention of their favorite crawler, the legendary Princess Donut. We’re sure they’d also do great in the crawl, but we doubt we’d ever turn our back on Baroness.

It was also wonderful to finally get to meet ✷ 𝔄𝔲𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔶 𝔅𝔢𝔫𝔧𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔫𝔰𝔢𝔫 ✷ in person and to catch up with Scott Murphy , Elisabeth Elvira Alba , and all the other wonderful artists there that we’ve worked with over the years.

Also, all our hats (and masks) off to the incredible King in Yellow we exchanged cryptic gestures with by the dice. We just can’t stop thinking about you. Hmmm, that might be a problem.

Open this week Wednesday (8/12), Saturday (8/15) from 12-5PM, and Sunday (8/16) from 12-4PM.

We grew up loving pixelated adventure games like King’s Quest, Maniac Mansion, and Monkey Island.They demanded creativit...
08/04/2026

We grew up loving pixelated adventure games like King’s Quest, Maniac Mansion, and Monkey Island.

They demanded creativity, rewarded careful risk-taking, and encouraged elaborate imagined backstories.

They still live in our heads. Our home and shop constantly make us wonder what tools from our inventory might open the portal in our grandfather clock, and what offering might move the cat off the sleeping demon princess.

The magnificently talented Rachel Ham created this illustration of the shop to remind you all to stock up on magic items that might be useful later! Unclipped prints of this design will be available in the shop!

You never know when you’re going to wish you had pie for a bear guarding a bridge.

(Just in case anyone was wondering, we loved these games, but were terrible at them.)

This weekend is also the second annual Arcade Music Fest . It’s centered around the tunnel right next to our building, so a trip to see us will also afford a chance to see live music and enjoy food and beverage trucks!

Open this Tuesday (8/4) from 6-8pm, Saturday (8/8) from 12-5pm, and Sunday (8/9) from 12-4pm.

08/01/2026

Happy birthday to these marvelous creatures who share their home and shop with us.

We don’t have enough superlatives to describe our love, so here is a kitten flashback!!!

While somehow the prideful month of June is almost a month behind us, sapphic vampires are always in fashion at Hieropha...
07/28/2026

While somehow the prideful month of June is almost a month behind us, sapphic vampires are always in fashion at Hierophany & Hedge.

Long before Dracula arrived at Whitby, Carmilla was making English ladies swoon, and Victoria “V.E.” Schwab keeps the tradition alive with her “Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil.” We loved this book, but you don’t have to take our word for it as Siswrn has it covered on her Hey! Read this. Podcast podcast.

Those looking for something more academic can sink their teeth into “Killing the Dead,” an incredible review of the enduring historical fear of Nosferatous infestations.

Or you could ask those vampires and all of their monstrous friends for some advice on your future with the eternally popular Horror Tarot by Abigail Larson

We also, of course, have vampire themed materials for children and kittens.

We are closed most of this week for our annual floor cleansing, oiling, and enchantment, but will be open Saturday (8/1) from 11AM to 5PM for the covingtondays festival, Lughnasadh, and the birthday celebration for Murderpaws and Baroness.

07/23/2026

Most possessed objects fit into one of two categories.

The first, less common despite being better known, are the things to which external entities have attached themselves. Think diabolical mirrors that tell you about young women, demonic bloodthirsty swords, and all those haunted dolls.

Much more frequent are objects exposed to intensely emotional environments, ideally for prolonged periods and in spaces already attuned to the supernatural. Psychometrists, ghost hunters, and metaphysicians may quibble over exactly what is going on here, but the bottom line is that echoes of an object’s history bleed through into the present.

Lecterns and pulpits, particularly ones with figural elements, and particularly ones stared at for generations during fiery sermons, are commonly possessed in this manner.

While some develop issues with certain sins and virtues, most just want a good rant.

Also, we took some dramatic liberties here. This lovely and lonely church is near Lake Erie in Northwestern, Ohio. We purchased the lectern from a defunct chapel in New England. It needed a forklift to move, and it’s enjoying its new home, especially the candles.

It seems to like complaints about generative AI and capitalism more than discussions of the corrupting influences of rock ‘n’ roll and video games. Go figure.

One of our favorite books of the year is the incredible “Green City Wars” by Adrian Tchaichovksy, published by Tor Books...
07/20/2026

One of our favorite books of the year is the incredible “Green City Wars” by Adrian Tchaichovksy, published by Tor Books

It’s set in a near future human utopia made possible by the labor of genetically engineered intelligent animals.

Those creatures have built a hidden world complete with crime, camaraderie, science, and perhaps, revolution.

The book is half profound musing on the tension between class consciousness and factionalism, and half delightful romp of little critters wearing adorable outfits and trading favors for buttons.

There is a raccoon private detective with a grumpy turtle boss, a pigeon reporter, a stoat femme fatale, a cyborg fox, NIMHesque rodent scientists, amphibian anarchists, and squirrel armies.

Oh, there is also a cat mob enforcer with rodent cultists. (Do not tell your cat about the cultists or they’ll never stop asking for their own.)

Buy a copy, it will make you appreciate your familiar even more.

We’re open this Tuesday (7/21) from 6-8pm, and Saturday (7/25) and Sunday (7/26) from 12-4pm.

07/17/2026

We had the pleasure of visiting the premiere of Mythic Creatures at the American Museum of Natural History a few years ago. The exhibit masterfully weaves together natural history and folklore in a way that we’ve been thinking about ever since.

It’s currently on tour, and we were delighted to get to see it again so much closer to home. It’s every bit as enjoyable as we remembered.

COSI was a beloved part of Augur’s childhood, and it’s still doing a great job of getting nerdy kids who love dragons to be excited about science.

07/14/2026

To honor the passing of Sam “They do move in herds” Neill, we thought we’d talk a little bit about tree sap.

When released externally, tree sap hardens into resin to deter predators and preserve moisture.

Humans haven’t yet been able to resurrect dinosaurs from the bugs trapped when the sap fossilizes into amber, but a few thousand years ago we learned that you can burn the resin.

The sap from a few hardy species of desert tree smells so good that ancient cultures used it as an offering to gods.

Wars were fought over control of the trees, and it was once as valuable as gold, as evidenced by a wise man’s Christmas gift of frankincense and myrrh.

The wonders of modern logistics mean that you don’t have to be a king or high priest to enjoy fancy resin incense, but you do need a way to burn it.

“How” is a question we’re often asked, so here is a little demonstration.

We’re always happy to discuss your favorite dinosaur and/or Sam Neill movie.

This week we’re open Thursday (7/16) from 6-8pm, Saturday (7/18) from 12-4pm, and Sunday (7/19) from 12-4pm.

07/12/2026

The last part of our West Virginia trip was a homecoming to the small creekside town where Augur‘s mother was born.

As she’s gotten older, she’s become more willing to share stories of her youth. It was bittersweet to see places she is so conflicted about, and the ways that they are at once unrecognizable and unchanged.

Oh, the two young ladies in the old photograph are Augur’s grandmother‘s aunts. They were described as “meaner than piss,” and willing “to hit you with a rock just to watch you bleed.”

07/07/2026

We all know girls like her.

She wrecks your car. She burns down your house. She makes a fell bargain with a tentacled eldritch horror in which it takes the souls of the local children and she gets a really stylish bed that she knows she’s never going to use.

This one is nothing but trouble. You ought to find a nice girl who makes biscuits.

But then she gives you a slow blink, or brushes the side of her face against your hand while you’re making her dinner, or she just bonelessly dissolves into your arms, and you know you’ll never be able to say no to her.

You can always get a new car. Or new house. And, really, those neighborhood kids were pretty annoying.

The crimes Baroness has committed against plants are comparatively minor. She chews them, sleeps on top of them, and occasionally just knocks them onto the floor if they look at her funny.

She’s forgiven. As always.

(Before anyone panics, we know that the leaf Baroness is attacking isn’t good for cats. She licked it for approximately as long as this video before it was moved out of reach.)

Beautiful bouquet by Morgan Winship.

We’re open this week on Thursday (7/9) from 6-8PM, Saturday (7/11) from 12-4PM, and Sunday (7/12) from 12-4PM.

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Covington, KY
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