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    Lost in the Woods
    Lost in the Woods
    Lost in the Woods
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    Lost in the Woods

    By William R. Hicks

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    An imaginative and exciting short story by William Raymond Hicks about a young boy, Bill, and his older brother, Joe, who mysteriously find themselves in a strange land of fantastical creatures, causing them to expand their view of the world and themselves. It is a fun story for all ages to enjoy, with a taste of "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe."

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilliam R. Hicks
    Release dateJun 11, 2012
    ISBN9781476072982
    Lost in the Woods
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    William R. Hicks

    William Raymond Hicks is a native of Southern California who met his wife, Elise (also a Southern California native), in 1996 through a transformational workshop environment called Lifespring (now M.I.T.T.). During much personal growth together, William was inspired to begin painting, as well as to co-write Wings: The Journey Home, with Elise in 1997. “Wings” is their first joint book, Our Experiences As Ghosts Aboard Titanic is their second, and ‘The Workbook’ for “Wings” is their third. They have also published 50 Poems & Musings for Ropepullers, which they co-wrote with their brother, Joseph Hicks.William has been painting, journaling, writing poetry, and creating his own works of both fiction and non-fiction. He has written a series of non-fiction books called What Most People Don’t Know..., which touches on alternative views of topics such as The Bible, cancer, money, and life purpose. William has also written a series of fiction books called Adventures with Joe, in which he and his brother, Joe, time-travel together to both the past and the future, come face to face with the paranormal, enter a wormhole to another dimension, and come face to face with alien visitors.William is working on several other books with both Elise and Joseph, as well as more of his own works. William and Elise are students of history, psychology, self-empowerment, metaphysics, and quantum physics, and their intention is to teach what they have learned in a unique, fun, and inspiring way.

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      Lost in the Woods - William R. Hicks

      Lost in the Woods

      A Short Story by William Raymond Hicks

      Copyright 2012 William Raymond Hicks & Elizabeth Emily Hicks

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      Cover design by William & Elizabeth Hicks

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      It was just like any other summer day in the 1970s…except that it wasn’t. My brother, Joe, and I were in the backyard where he was swinging and I was climbing our tall black metal jungle gym. It was cool to the touch as I weaved my way in and out of connecting cubes like blood through a group of cells. What should we do today? I asked Joe.

      Beats me, he replied, apparently content to be swinging at the moment. "What do you want to do?

      I don’t know, I said as I reached the top cube—separate from the rest like the top level of an ancient ziggurat. Maybe we could see what Matt is up to, or possibly Carlton and Jeff. A breeze whistled through the back fence and rustled the vines of the large fast-growing honeysuckle bush, which covered it, as if to say, That sounds like a good idea! Matt was an only child who lived on the next street over and because he was an only child, or perhaps because they could afford to, his parents bought him the latest toys and games. In fact, he had just received a new game that actually attached to and was played using the television set! It was called Pong where you keep a little white dot from getting past your short vertical line, which you would move up and down with a spinning dial connected to the gaming unit—it was very similar to ping-pong, hence the name Pong, except for all of the running and sweating and stuff.

      I’d be up for Carlton’s and Jeff’s place, Joe agreed. I’ve been wanting to hear the new records that Carlton bought, although I can do without his outlandish stories! Carlton had a habit of making up stories, especially dreams that he said he had had, such as the Blu-blah Ghost; this thing was a giant with lots of hair, which would get its

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