Pass Me By: Electric Vice by Ryan Danny Owen and Kyle Simmers

BOOK 2 IN THE AWARD-WINNING SERIES ‘PASS ME BY’

An inverted coming-of-age story about understanding queer identity and what happens to the stories you never tell.

This five-book series follows Ed, a reserved man dealing with dementia in a small northern Canadian town. As Ed’s memory declines, he loses touch with the present and revisits a past he chose to forget. The first book, Gone Fishin’ introduced us to Ed in the early stages of his diagnosis. The story used humour and melancholy in equal measure to explore Ed’s deeply human struggle.

Electric Vice, the second book in the series, is a detour towards a deeper understanding of Ed and the memories at risk as his dementia progresses.

1973: A chance encounter between Ed and the captivating androgynous singer of the pulse-pounding glam rock band ELECTRIC VICE, pulls Ed into a world of mascara, weathered leather, platform heels and neon.

Paperback / 168 pages