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        Fantasia: An Imaginary Tale relates the story of two men who meet in the Salt Lake City Temple of the Mormon Church shortly after the ban on blacks having the Mormon priesthood was withdrawn. Originally published as one of four stories in Symphonia portraying the psychological reactions of Mormon men confronting opportunity of sexual encounters with other men, Fantasia portrays positive reactions to this opportunity.

            It is a fantasy, an imagination of what could become, certainly not what the world in Salt Lake City was in 1978 when the ban was revoked. Although LGBTQI + rights have improved in the United States since 1978, Fantasia still relates a fantasy, not a reality. We still have a long way to go. Current reactions against LGBTQI + people in state legislatures and the national congress as well as among many not in office means our rights are not secure. All of us, families, friends, allies, need to be awake: support candidates on all levels of government who vote to protect us, consider running for office—any office—on a platform of protecting the rights of all people, as maintained in the United States Constitution. School boards, city and county governing bodies, state legislatures, all these bodies need to hear our voices. Consider being one of those voices.

            Fantasia is an eBook available via Amazon. As of 6 May 2024, I have finished a slight revision of the text, correcting a statement by Jacques that his brother was killed following a “Jazz game at the Delta Center.” In 1978 when this story occurs, the Jazz were still located in New Orleans and the Delta Center had not been built. The Salt Lake City professional basketball team at the time was the Utah Stars who competed in the American Basketball Association and played in the Salt Palace before the construction of the Delta Center.