At the same time, "the main theme to all the Sock Monkey books is the crashing of innocent fantasy into bone-crushing reality."

His lies are innocent and harmless fantasies, but the artist still feels horror that the woman he has valued so much is married to such a character.

Publishers Weekly called it, "Lively...a pure and innocent fantasy...a cotton candy read."

Mr. Taylor wants "Cherish" to be a comedy-thriller about obsession - contrasting Zoe's innocent fantasies with the perilous one-track mind of her male stalker.

There'd been no ripping of fabric, no bruising hands or frantic cries of release in her innocent fantasies.

But those had been only innocent fantasies that Ezri had kept to herself.

Yet the movie remains such an essentially innocent fantasy that there can be laughter when someone has her little toe shot off.

While their camaraderie isn't always as funny as it's meant to be, it's a relief to root for these bickering small-timers, who share an innocent fantasy of the big time.

Sandbox play, she reflects, ought to involve innocent fantasies rather than adults' bad habits, and germs.

Ms. Smith classifies Sidaris films as innocent, tongue-in-cheek fantasies.