Miss Myrtle's Garden

by Danny James King

‘I don’t visit the past. The past visits me.’

The sharp-tongued Miss Myrtle is trying to manage her unkempt garden in a rapidly changing neighbourhood. To top it off, her grandson Rudy and his ‘close friend’ Jason need a place to stay, and local drunk Eddie keeps relieving himself against her garden wall.

When Rudy starts delving into the past, Myrtle resists - all she wants is some peace and quiet. As her brain starts to fight against her, far more complicated questions about grief, love and understanding demand to be confronted; but she’s running out of time.

Miss Myrtle’s Garden is a wonderfully warm, witty, and life-affirming exploration into how we acknowledge the past, as a means to confronting life head on in the present.

Danny James King is a novelist, playwright and screenwriter based in London.