Modern fantasy Stories are associated with an author. Characters can have special powers. Animals act like people (animorphisism). The setting the place is imaginary or of another world or universe. Time is anytime or no time. Fantasy time (Once upon a time sets the stage and They lived happily ever after closing the tale.) any time or any place, timeless or placeless, or long long ago. Time travel is possible.It shows a strongly realized vision of a fantasy world. That world, however fantastic, must still be logical.It usually contains a moral or lesson. Themes are frequently demonstrated through symbolism.