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Okay, but what if CHARMED and those witchy, fever-dream story lines went all high fantasy with swords? And then add Cole and Phoebe’s forbidden situation!

#unhingedpit #q #a #f #r #litagents

A meme with two pictures. Top picture is a scene from Charmed with phoebe and Paige holding swords with the text- “witches don’t just have magic these days. They get swords, gods and fate.” Second picture is the meme of the kid in front of an RV who says “you guys got [insert something].” The text here says, “You guys got magic?”

March 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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Cravin’ a witch brew that’ll leave you gasping (because it’s poisoned)? Want something with a kick (to the groin)?

5 ⭐️ reviewed by the witches of Efelldor below!

#unhingedpit #q #a #f #r

Recipe for a witchy fantasy: 1/2 cup of killing the bad prince because no one needs to be that hot, 4 quarts of blood. and then another four. Just to be sure. 1 cup of romance, but wear gloves because that stuff is toxic, 2 gallons of destiny. Nah. Just wing it.

March 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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Red flags for why you absolutely, without a doubt should *NOT* consider Eleutheria.
#Unhingedpit #q #a #r #f

Eleutheria’s biggest red flags: characters die, like immediately, no meet cute (fists were thrown, zero bodily autonomy, witches but they’re more the terrifying sword wielding kind than the cutesy pointy hat kind

March 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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DAWN OF ONYX x DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

Adult High Romantic Fantasy

✨high (accessible) fantasy
✨witch realms at war
✨tyrants + compulsion magic
✨spells+runes+elements
✨angsty forbidden romance
✨erasure of history
✨fate but make it big on choice and consequences

#PopUpPitA #PopUpPit #LuckyPit #F

An agent's guide to Eleutheria: 133k Adult High Romantic Fantasy

Pitch: Alys Sathos has no interest in liberating the enemy Night Realm of their mind-controlling queen and not even destiny will change her mind. When she’s captured and forced before the queen, her enemies’ fight becomes her own and her growing feelings for the mind-bound prince might be more deadly than the queen herself.
Tropes: captive to forbidden lovers, mob mentality, freewill themes, chosen group, non western FMC thrust into western fantasy world, queer normative world, power of history and books, swords and epic battles, dueling witch realms, neurodivergence in high fantasy

Comp: THE HURRICAN WARS- enemy realms at odds, A DAWN OF ONYX- captice to lovers, A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES- creature history and lore
Sample: Gritting my teeth until my jaw ached, I held her stare; a pathetic bit of defiance against power I couldn’t match. She rose and loomed over me on the dais, never blinking. The hairs on the back of my neck prickled one by one as her dark sapphire eyes glowed silver.
Compulsion.
Icy fingers sank into my mind, ripping through my will. Ko’s pale green face replaced any other thought. A desire to run a sword through him overtook everything; my hopes, my dreams, my very will that had formed an airwitch captain from an orphaned street rat.

March 17, 2025 at 6:55 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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DAWN OF ONYX x DISCOVERY OF WITCHES

Divine fate must be broken if it thinks Alys Sathos is supposed to help free the enemy witch realm of their compulsion wielding Queen and not even the brooding Prince who captured her is going to change her mind.

#LuckyPit #PopUpPitA #F #A

An Agent’s Guide to Eleutheria. 133k Adult high Romantic fantasy. Image of woman in a glass dome holding a moon in one hand and in other.

Comps: THE HURRICANE WARS- enemy realms at odds. A DAWN OF ONYX- captive to lovers. A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES- creature history and lore
Chapter One Sample: Gritting my teeth until my jaw ached, I held her stare; a pathetic bit of defiance against power I couldn’t match. She rose and loomed over me on the dais, never blinking. The hairs on the back of my neck prickled one by one as her dark sapphire eyes glowed silver.
Compulsion.
Icy fingers sank into my mind, ripping through my will. Ko’s pale green face replaced any other thought. A desire to run a sword through him overtook everything; my hopes, my dreams, my very will that had formed an airwitch captain from an orphaned street rat.

March 17, 2025 at 2:04 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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HURRICANE WARS x DAWN OF ONYX

Alys Sathos has no interest in liberating her realm’s enemies of their mind controlling Queen and not even fate nor the broody Prince who captured her will change her mind.

⭐️enemies to forbidden lovers
⭐️compulsion magic
⭐️swords + battle magic

#WSPitQ #A #F #R

Eleutheria, 133k, Adult High Romantic Fantasy. “Why would they bother caging your body when they can cage your mind?”
Pictures include: a woman silhouetted before an eclipse, a deer in a forest, a golden constellation, hands ensnared in string,a mirror on the surf, an old book open to arcane symbols.

February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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MEXICAN GOTHIC x A STUDY IN DROWNING

The first woman and witch to attend university in San Fransico’s 1910 must discover who’s hunting her kind before she’s next.

#WSPitW #A #Hi #F #R

Night and Song, work in progress. A witch studying arcane science in 1910 teams up with a rival vampire in a frowned upon paying to catch a murderer using their university as a hunting ground. Magic system inspired by Mexican brujería and catholic reliquaries. Vampires but they’re a type of blood witch. Feminist FMC in 1910’s STEM.

February 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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HURRICANE WARS X DAWN OF ONYX

A fate chosen group of witches from opposing realms battle prejudice to overthrow a queen whose compulsion magic twists love into betrayal and family into enemies.

✨prince captures fmc
✨toxic sapphic subplot
✨sun vs moon magic
✨swords & battles

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF

Eleutheria, 133k, Adult High Romantic Fantasy, “Why would they bother caging your body when then can cage your mind?” Photos from clockwise: a woman made of stars standing before an eclipse, a deer in the forest, a constellation in oranges and golds, two sets of hands creating a web pf string, a mirror standing in the surf, an open book on the occult.

February 12, 2025 at 11:09 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

@ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social

HURRICANE WARS X DAWN OF ONYX

A fate chosen group of witches from opposing realms battle prejudice to overthrow a queen whose compulsion magic twists love into betrayal and family into enemies.

✨prince captures fmc
✨toxic sapphic subplot
✨sun vs moon magic
✨swords & battles

#QuestPit #Q #A #F #RF

Eleutheria, 133k, Adult High Romantic Fantasy, Why would they bother caging your body when they can cage your mind? Photos from clockwise: A woman made of starlight with an eclipse in the background, a deer in a forest, a celestial photo of stars, two pairs of hands creating a web of string, a mirror standing in the surf, an open book on the occult

February 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

@ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social

THE HURRICANE WARS X A DAWN OF ONYX

⭐️enemy witch realms
⭐️enemies/captive to lovers
⭐️power of books & history
⭐️compulsion magic
⭐️chosen *group*
⭐️sun vs moon
⭐️meddling gods
⭐️balance of nature

#QuestPit #Q #F #A #RF

Graphic with header that says: she’s a witch fated to topple a realm, he’s the prince in her way. More text reads: Alys Sathos is sure fate chose wrong. She’s meant to overthrow the neighboring Queen of the Night Realm and free witchkind from her mind twisting magic. But Alys has no desire to free her enemy. Especially not one whose prince dangles off the Queen’s hand. More text at bottom reads: meta data, 133k, Adult High Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy

Graphic titled comps. Three book comps include: The Hurricane Wars for it’s militaristic world and opposing leads, A Dawn of Onyx for its captive to lovers romance and accessible world, and The Priory of the Orange Tree for its sprawling world and high stakes prophecies.

A mood board titled Eleutheria. From clockwise the pictures include: two stone figure pulled apart, a gold dusted finger over lips, a sun and moon smeared paint motif, a key on an open book, a golden crown on an outstretched hand, a blurred woman holding a skull, a gold paint smeared woman with an elaborate gold headpiece, a man’s gold dusted bare torso with a black painted hand trying to reach for him, cracked black leather dusted in gold, gold snakes among gold ivy.

February 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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Final pitch for #2025pit

⚔️Witches with swords and compulsion magic⚔️

Fate chose wrong. Alys Sathos has no desire to free an enemy realm from their queen’s mind twisting magic. Especially not after the prince captures her when her broom crashes behind enemy lines.

#F #A #RF #ownvoice #bipocFMC

A collage of pictures with the text ELEUTHERIA across the center. Pictures from clockwise: a man and woman being pulled apart, a woman with gold dust led fingers over her mouth, a sun and moon motif, a golden key on an open book, a hand holding a crown, a woman holding a skull, a woman open mouthed with smeared gold makeup, a man’s bare chest dusted in gold and he’s clutching a blackened hand with claws, golden snakes among golden vines, black cracked leather dusted with gold.

January 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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⚔️Fate chose wrong, and Alys won't free her enemies from the queen's compulsion magic⚔️

🌙Night witches vs Day witches
⛓️Captured FMC
❤️Enemies to forbidden lovers
🫱🏼‍🫲🏼The weak many vs the powerful few
🌿Nature based symbolism
📚Effects of book bans and history erasure

#2025pit #F #A #RF #ownvoice #bipocFMC

A collage mood board themed in black and gold pictures. The text Eleutheria is displayed across the collage. From clockwise the pictures are a man and woman being ripped apart, a woman with a finger to her lips, a sun and moon motif smeared in gold, a golden key on an open book, a hand holding a golden crown, a blurred woman holding a skull, a pale woman with a crown atop her head and gold smeared makeup, a gold dusted man's chest clutching a clawed hand, gold snakes among gold vines, a closeup of black leather dusted in gold

January 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

@ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social

⚔️Witches with swords and compulsion magic⚔️

Fate chose wrong. Alys Sathos has no desire to free an enemy realm from their queen’s mind twisting magic. Especially not after the prince captures her when her broom crashes behind enemy lines.
#2025pit #F #A #RF #ownvoice #bipocFMC

A collage or mood board of pictures in sepia tones. The text Eleutheria is displayed over pictures. Corner text reads: Meta data, 133k words, Adult, High Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy. Clockwise pictures: Two chess pieces breaking, several hands weaving strings, a moth on fire, a woman holding a dagger to her chest, a floating book with sparks, a mirror with someone trapped inside, a man looking down on a woman, a castle up on a hill, a pair of hands with a brain and heart dangling on strings, a figure gripping a man as his essence is stolen

January 27, 2025 at 2:27 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

@ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social

⚔️Witches with swords and compulsion magic⚔️

Fate chose wrong. Alys Sathos has no desire to free the enemy realm from the queen’s mind twisting magic. Especially not after their prince captures her when her broom crashes behind enemy lines.

#YouDeservepIt #Q #F #A #RF #ownvoice

A collage of photographs including a man with a creature stealing his breath, chess pieces destroying one another, several hands winding fate’s string, a castle on a cliff, a sketch of a brain and heart on puppet strings, a woman holding a dagger to her chest, a butterfly on fire, a woman laying down with a man looking down at her, a figure trapped behind a mirror, a floating book shooting golden sparks. Text across all pictures reads—ELEUTHERIA. Corner text reads—Meta Data, 133k words, Adult, High Fantasy, Romantic Fantasy

January 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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🌙Witches but with swords and compulsion magic☀️

She’s a witch fated to topple a realm. He’s the prince in her way.

Alys Sathos has no desire to free the enemy realm and it’s Prince from a Queen’s mind twisting magic. Especially not when the Prince captures her.
#YouDeservepIt #Q #F #A #RF #BIPOC

A blurred castle picture with text layered over it. Title reads- ELEUTHERIA. Tropes and themes column reads- freewill exploration, enemies to lovers, power of history, compulsion magic, chosen group, gods and portents. Center of pic has three comp books—The hurricane Wars, A Dawn of Onyx, and The Priory of the Orange Tree. Quote reads— A caged snake only has to realize it can slither through bars. Meta Data column reads- 133k word count, Adult fantasy, romantic fantasy, queer normative world, bipoc FMC

January 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

@ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social

⭐️Witches but with swords and compulsion magic⭐️

She's a witch fated to topple a realm. He's the prince in her way.

Alys Sathos was meant to overthrow the queen and free the realm from her mind-twisting magic, but Alys won't free the enemy realm who's captured her.

#YouDeservepIt #Q #F #A #RF

Text reads: She's a witch fated to topple a realm. He's the prince in her way. Beneath text is a sun and moon motif. More text reads, Alys Sathos is sure fate chose wrong. She's meant to overthrow the neighboring queen and free witchkind from her mind-twisting magic, but Alys has no desire to free her enemy. Especially not one whose prince dangles off the queen's hand. Then more text: Meta data, 133k Adult High fantasy, romantic fantasy. Character art of a woman in a cloak with swords in the corner.

a collage of pictures. starting clockwise: a sword resting on top of a book, a puppet on strings with a hand holding them, a cage, two silhouetted figures embracing, two hands stretching for one another, a woman releasing birds from a cage, two hands reaching for light, the moon's phases over a sea horizon

Titled tropes and themes with text spiraling from a sun and moon motif. Text includes: duology symbolism, power of books and history, compulsion magic, chosen group, enemies to lovers, evil queen x2, freewill exploration, elemental, runic and spell casting magic, not so concrete fated paths.

Titled comps. three books in center. The hurricane wars with the following text beneath: Militaristic world and opposing leads. A Dawn of Onyx with the following text beneath: Captive to lovers romance plot and accessible world. The Priory of the Orange Tree with the following text beneath: Sprawling world and high stakes prophecies.

January 24, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

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A DAWN OF ONYX x THE HURRICANE WARS

She’s a witch fated to topple a realm. He’s the prince in her way.

🗡️ENEMIES TO LOVERS
⭐️captive to lovers
🗡️COMPULSION MAGIC
⭐️chosen *group*
🗡️EVIL QUEEN X2
⭐️power of books & history
🗡️FREEWILL THEMES

#P2Ppit #UW #A #F #RF
#amquerying

Purple box titled, Agent’s guide to Eleutheria. She’s a witch fated to topple a realm. He’s the prince in her way. Fate picked the wrong witch. Alys Sathos is incapable of keeping her mouth shut around the prince—you know, the one who captured her. But sure, toss her before the queen and whose magic mangles freewill and hope Alys is meant to save witchkind.

A purple box with nine images in a grid: a set of hands reaching for light, an ancient bookcase, a hanging birdcage, a skull wearing a black crown, a black and white stained glass ceiling, a hand holding a glowing moon, a landscape of a cliff side, a woman running through a castle, a golden hilt sword embedded in the grass

January 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

@ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social

KINGDOM OF ASH’s witches
X A DAWN OF ONYX

⭐️She’s a witch meant to topple a realm.
He’s the prince in her way.

⭐️Divine fate flings Alys Sathos into an enemy realm where magic shatters free will and falling in love is as deadly as the snake Queen she’s meant to destroy.

#P2Ppit #Q #A #F #R #RF

Purple box with book title—Eleutheria. Then text below saying, “She’s a witch fated to topple a realm. He’s the prince in her way. Fate picked the wrong witch. Alys Sathos is a magicless captive incapable of keeping her mouth shut around the prince—you know, the one who captured her. But sure, toss her before the queen whose magic makes freewill and hope Alys is meant to save witchkind. 133k Adult High Fantasy. Romantic Fantasy.

A purple box titled tropes in ELEUTHERIA. At the box’s center is a sun and moon emblem with the following tropes coming from it: duology symbolism, power of books and history, compulsion magic, chosen group, enemies to lovers, evil queen x2, freewill themes, elemental runic and spell casting magic, not so concrete fated paths

A purple bc with nine pictures: a pair of hands reaching for light, an ancient bookcase of books, a hanging birdcage, a skull with a crown on it, a black and white stained glass ceiling, a hand holding a glowing moon, a landscape depicting the sea and cliffs, a woman running through a castle, a golden hilt sword embedded in the ground.

A purple box titled, Comps. Three books inside the box. THE HURRICANE WARS image with the following text beneath: Militaristic and world and lives of leads. A DAWN OF ONYX image with the following text beneath: Captive to lovers romance plot and accessible world. REAL BREAKER image witch the following text beneath: Found family moving toward same goal

January 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Ruth Cantu is querying 🦄

@ruth-cantu-writes.bsky.social

KINGDOM OF ASH’s witches
X A DAWN OF ONYX

She’s meant to topple a realm.
He’s the prince in her way.

Divine fate flings Alys Sathos into an enemy realm where magic shatters free will and falling in love is as deadly as the snake Queen she’s meant to destroy.

#Q #A #F #R #LGBT #OV #Bluepit 📖

Purple square with the following text: Agent’s Guide to Eleutheria
She’s a witch fated to topple a realm. He’s the prince in her way.
Fate picked the wrong witch. Alys Sathos is a magicless witch incapable of keeping her mouth shut around the Prince—you know the one who capture her. But sure, toss her before the queen whose magic mangles free will and hope Alys is meant to save witchkind.

A purple box with three books and COMPS as the box’s title: the HURRICANE WARS for its militaristic world and lives of the leads, A DAWN OF ONYX for its captive to lovers romance plot and accessible world, and REALM BREAKER for its found family moving toward the same goal.

A purple box with Tropes for Eleutheria at the top. At the box’s center is a sun and moon motif with multiple lines and arrow coming from it each displaying a trope including, not so concrete fated paths, duology symbolism, power of books and history, compulsion magic, enemies to lovers, chosen group, evil queens x2, free will themes, spellcasting, elemental and runic magic,

A purple box with nine purple filtered photos as a mood board: two hands reaching for the sky, a book case of old books, a cage, a skull with a crown, a domed stained glass ceiling, a hand holding a glowing moon, a cliffside landscape, a woman running through a castle, a golden gilt sword in the grass

January 13, 2025 at 11:55 PM

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