The Fifty Something Teenager — a collection from D. Fritz

Number one in The Fifty Something Teenager. Thomas Ford, a fifty-something year old accountant, woke suddenly in the wee hours of Thanksgiving day with severe chest pains. He passed out from the pain and when he returned to consciousness he found himself transported back to the 1980s, laying in his high school bed.

Number two in The Fifty Something Teenager. While reading the first episode is not required, it is suggested. Thomas Ford is a fifty-something year-old that teleported from the present day to the 1980s and his 18-year old self. This episode starts the day after spring break in Thomas’s final year of high school. He made an unexpected decision to audition for the spring musical and is now set to be one of the leads.

Number three in the Fifty Something Teenager. While reading earlier episodes is not required, it is suggested. Thomas Ford is a fifty-something year-old that teleported from the present day to the 1980s and his 18-year old self. This episode centers on his graduation from high school. His relationships with a student teacher and fellow student start to interfere with one another.

Fifty Something Teenager, number four. While reading earlier episodes is not required, it is suggested. Thomas Ford is a fifty-something year-old that teleported from the present day to the 1980s and his 18-year old self. In this episode, all of Thomas’s romantic relationships have imploded. He now needs to consider what he does next with his life. He also needs to know whether either spurned woman would take him back.

Number five in the Fifty Something Teenager series. In this story we follow Thomas’s mom, Sandy, and her boyfriend Eddie. After Thomas helped Eddie complete a huge contract with the school board, Thomas suggested using the money he was to be paid to take his mom on a vacation.

In this sixth episode of the Fifty Something Teenager, Thomas leaves his mom’s house as he moves into a dorm with his best friend Matt to begin his second time through college. Unlike his first go-round, he chooses to go to a local university and not escape to one of the large state universities three hours away from home. At a before-the-semester-starts frat-house bash he crashes with Matt, Thomas is in for quite the surprise.

Two people close to Thomas are getting married within a month of one another. In the same four week period, Thomas is forced to make a momentous decision, and with all big decisions, there are consequences. Join Thomas in the fall semester of his first year at college as he faces the highs and lows of undergraduate life in the seventh tale in the Fifty Something Teenager universe.

Life calms down somewhat after the tumultuous events related to Thomas’s decision over Thanksgiving. For spring break his freshman year of college he goes to Florida with his best friends for some fun in the sun.

After the eventful spring break escapades of Thomas and his friends, Tammy gets to go on her own adventure when she goes to Spain for the summer on a study abroad program.

Thomas was in his fifties when a time-traveling event restarted his life. Now, two years into his do over, Thomas feels like he is living in a middle-aged rut like his previous life. Denise, his girlfriend and presumed fiance, senses his melancholy. When she finds a flier at school advertising a canoe trip, she suggests a spur-of-the-moment weekend away. Their hastily planned weekend was supposed to be a carefree day in a canoe on the river, but it turned into a much more exciting adventure.

Story #11 in the Fifty Something Teenager series! Without knowing what will happen on Thanksgiving – the two-year anniversary of Thomas returning to the 80s – Denise and Thomas decide to host a costume party for Halloween. Weeks of planning result in an epic Halloween party.

#12 in the Fifty-Something Teenager series. The two-year anniversary of Thomas’s return to the eighties is fast approaching. A year earlier, he made a decision on his one year anniversary that had negative consequences on the people closest to Thomas. After the mysterious visitor at their Halloween party less than a month ago, Denise and Thomas knew that another decision will need to be made, likely with some negative consequences, but neither knew what to expect as the holiday draws closer.

Lucky #13 in the Fifty Something Teenager series! In this story, Thomas and Denise are less than a month removed from the second anniversary of his return to the eighties. The payment for this decision has Thomas suffering from crude, sexually explicit language and behavior while around Denise. Knowing that she has Thomas for another year, Denise has resolved to make the best of the situation and is looking forward to a festive holiday season.

Three years ago, Thomas went to bed in his fifties and awoke as a teen. With the maturity of an adult, and knowledge of the future, he was successful with both women and money. Denise was his crush his first time through the 80s, though when given a chance he blew up the relationship when he could not control his teenage libido. Eventually reunited, they weathered many trials, including decisions by Thomas to stay in the 80s. On Thanksgiving, the third and final decision will need to be made.