The brief fantasy passed through my mind of myself, in such a band, marked as I was, naked in the arms of a barbarian.

At one time, I've deduced from books, dreams couldn't take shape beyond sleep or brief fantasy.

Certainly he still noticed attractive women, even had brief fantasies.

But it was only a brief fantasy.

He ran a brief fantasy through his head, La Jolla maybe, a cheap room, warm nights, bright stars, cold beer.

To come to terms with her inevitable daily world without him, after this brief fantasy, must cost her dear, there was no help for it.

Janine entertained a brief fantasy of drying him off herself.

He closed his eyes for a moment, allowing himself a brief fantasy of Sherrie.

Star entertains "a brief fantasy of feeding them all by hand, then changing their diapers and putting them to bed one after the other."

He wasn't about to do any such thing, and he dismissed the brief fantasy automatically.