Fantasy is not really a dream. Usually you are awake, comfortable in a chair or on a couch, and lose contact with any program you may have been watching. You could be reading a book, and for a moment just place it down on a table or on your lap. When you fantasize, you are in control of what happens. A fantasy is a thought you create, like a stage play, and the action you create is associated with pleasure. It could be pleasure that you never experienced, or just heard about. It could be something you read, or saw on TV or in a movie. The thought of it is interesting, exciting, and could be somewhat dangerous. Your conscious thoughts direct the action of your fantasy. You can escape, be rescued, or turn the table on any danger. After all, you are in control.
Stetson Montgomery knows guys have fantasies, he's heard them over and over, in locker rooms, on tennis courts, or on athletic fields. Yes, during his working years, he's met women who have made some of their fantasies known to him. He would imagine that women are not as open to each other as men are. But then, not being a woman, what does he know? Men also fantasize when going to sleep is a chore. Those nights when sleep is far away and they lie in bed just thinking. It is amazing what can come to mind. Since Montgomery is a guy, the fantasies in his book are a collection of a lifetime of stage plays mostly by men, but a few by women. As you follow his character through the years, experience his living fantasies and reactions to them, think about any you have had, and your reactions to them. Montgomery doesn't know if we are better or worse for them, but he does know it is a human condition, and one thing he'll say about us is, "We Are Human."
About the Author
Stetson Montgomery would say, "He's Just A Kid From Brooklyn." Montgomery has never been big on academics, but has been described as a "Dreamer." The novel is based upon our ability to fantasize about things created by our minds. The key is, no matter what our adventure is about, we control it. Our thoughts put us in situations that are fun, scary, or even dangerous. Since we control our thoughts, we also control our adventure. Some of us wear our thoughts like body armor, to protect us. Others have thoughts that are so obvious, they advertise like a billboard or commercial. Most fantasies are very privately ours. They come to life when we are usually alone with our thoughts. Stetson has been thinking and dreaming and fantasizing since kindergarten.
