The '86 Fix

Imagine if you could travel back in time and relive one weekend as your teenage self — would you change anything?

On the way home from school in 1986, Craig Pelling decided to buy a can of Coke. He wasn’t to know a seemingly innocuous visit to the local newsagent would dramatically change the course of his life. Consequently, Craig now lives in a loveless marriage and earns a living in a dead-end job as the manager of an electrical store. He could have been so much more. He could have achieved so much more.But fate hasn’t finished with Craig Pelling.A school reunion proves to be the catalyst for chaos, and decades on from his visit to that newsagent, Craig’s mundane life is turned upside down as his past comes back to haunt him. As he plummets towards rock-bottom, all seems lost for Craig until he’s thrown a lifeline — the miraculous lifeline of a brief trip back in time to 1986. Will he be able to fix his life? Is it as simple as just reverting one decision he made over thirty years ago?Craig is about to find out.

Hello there - I'm Keith, an indie author from Hampshire in the UK. Here are a few fairly uninteresting facts about me... 1. When I was born in the '70s, the name 'Keith' had some kudos. I was actually named after Keith Richards of The Rolling Stones; the coolest man on the planet at the time. Then there was the slightly unhinged drummer of The Who, Keith Moon. I don't know what happened but somehow my name is now anything but cool. 2. The 'A' in my name is a necessary evil - I'm not being pretentious. There are several published authors called Keith Pearson, and a semi-famous bluegrass banjo player. If you book me (rather than my musical namesake) to play at your folk club, you'll be disappointed. That 'A' is important. If you're interested in discovering more useless information about me, take a look at my website - www.keithapearson.co.uk