# Anton Halden

> Anton Halden lives in Austria, the country where Kafka died. He writes novels and makes short films: dark, existential stories, from the office down the hall to the end of the universe.

Website: https://antonhalden.com
Contact: antonhalden@icloud.com (readers, reviewers, press and rights)

## Novel

### Thank You for Your Patience: A Liminal Horror Novel (2026)

- Author: Anton Halden
- Published: October 11, 2026, in English (US)
- Genre: liminal horror, science fiction, dystopian fiction
- Kindle edition: ASIN B0GX39ZGP1, $3.99, also in Kindle Unlimited: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GX39ZGP1
- Paperback: ISBN 9798161197264, ASIN B0HMP925BP, 296 pages, $14.99: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HMP925BP
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/260937843
- Comparable titles: for readers of Severance, Piranesi and Kafka

Nobody is really missing. Only filed in the wrong place.

Ivo is the best closer in Retrieval. When a worker wanders into the Vacancy, the endless lit offices, drowned stairwells and empty swimming pools the Factory keeps building for people who haven't arrived yet, Ivo finds them on paper. One line on a twelve-line form, one press of his stamp, and the case is closed. The little green light in the missing worker's wrist goes out. After that, the sirs take care of the rest. They're very polite about it.

Then a new case lands on Ivo's desk. The photograph has his face. The handwriting in the margin is his own: "Hello, clerk."

Darkly funny and deeply unsettling, Thank You for Your Patience is a novel of polite machines, impossible architecture and the paperwork of complicity.

## Short films

Short existential sci-fi and horror films, about two to three minutes each, on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@antonxhalden), Instagram and TikTok. In release order:

1. [No Further Events Scheduled](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhZisYsbgUk) (2:23): The last black hole in the universe evaporates. Someone is still on hold.
2. [Sea Areas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vWymIWZcL0) (3:16): A lighthouse reads the shipping forecast for seven and a half billion years.
3. [Occupancy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N8lQ3Vo8m4I) (2:57): Security footage of an endless office where nobody breathes. Then someone does.
4. [Voyager 1 Turned Its Camera Back On](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8mN6jzDI4s) (3:00): Its cameras have been dead since 1990. Until tonight.
5. [Let There Be Light](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcRBz3I7BrM) (3:07): After the last black hole, the line clicks back on. A sequel to No Further Events Scheduled.
6. [The Grass Moves Against the Wind](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSlR0KcJoEg) (2:30): 40,000 years ago, a family crosses the grass at sunset. The wind blows east. Something in the grass moves west.
7. [You Are Signed In on Another Device](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xdog2rNqPA) (2:31): A cheerful box asks you to prove you're not a robot. Meanwhile, you're signed in somewhere else.

## Profiles

- Amazon author page: https://www.amazon.com/author/antonxhalden
- Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/antonhalden
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@antonxhalden
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/antonxhalden
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@antonxhalden