Hayden Gribble is the author of Child Out of Time: Growing Up With Doctor Who In The Wilderness Years, The Captain Random Adventures, the horror thriller The Lurking and more. He is also a podcaster with the Diddly Dum Podcast and Podcasters Royale: The James Bond 007 Show.

Hayden is based in Suffolk, England and currently working on future projects, including two more Captain Random novels and his first ever children’s book!

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JOURNEYS IN THE RANDOMVERSE – PRE-ORDER NOW!June 28, 2022
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT – JOURNEYS IN THE RANDOMVERSE – PRE-ORDER IT NOW! Coming next year, the fifth and penultimate chapter in the Captain Random story will be with us. A collection of FIFTEEN short stories, JOURNEYS IN THE RANDOMVERSE brings Random one step closer to his destiny whilst on the way giving he and his friends… Continue reading JOURNEYS IN THE RANDOMVERSE – PRE-ORDER NOW!

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UNIT: THE BENTON FILES 4 – Available to pre-order now!

Candy Jar Books have announced that the fourth volume in the series is available to pre-order now – with a story written by yours truly!

Join retired Sergeant Major John Benton as he recounts more tales of his exploits from yesteryear.

In Rotten to the Core by Hayden Gribble, young Corporal Benton is driving back from manoeuvres in Norfolk when he finds a patch of burnt countryside. But is it really burnt? And what secrets are concealed within the strange alien pod in the wood?

In Ian Ball’s Scrapped Plans, Benton has been promised some classic cars for JB Motors. But when he arrives at the scrapyard, he finds it’s been damaged by fire. Or so it seems. And the effect of the fire appears startlingly familiar. But who can he trust? And how did his favourite customer, Ted, get stuck in the mud?

Read these hair-raising adventures to find out…

UNIT: The Benton Files 4 features characters created for Doctor Who by Derrick Sherwin.

Pre-order it here!