Previously: “On The Bus.”
This week, a gruesome little tale that’s equal parts detective story and cosmic horror yarn: The creepypasta “Anatomy Of Apartment 11A.” Written by Mak Ralston (who, you might recall, also penned the terrific “Ears,” which we took a look at during the Halloween season in 2023) and posted to the Creepypasta Wikia in June of 2024, it’s a macabre little mystery that tells you tons without telling you too much — that is, it leaves much up to your imagination. One of my favorite kinds of stories, really!
This one is told almost entirely through dialogue, too, which is an impressive feat. CWs include dismemberment and body horror, so consider yourselves warned.
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Also, if you’re about to move into a new apartment… sorry.
Find an excerpt below, and the full “Anatomy Of Apartment 11A” story over at the Creepypasta Wikia.
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Tasselmyer, who was the county medical examiner at the time, hadn’t called the victim we found in the Serenity Tower’s Apartment 11A “John Doe,” even though we had no idea who he actually was. We had our guesses — sure — but nothing concrete. Nothing about 11A was concrete, except for the very walls themselves, I suppose. If only they could’ve told us what happened in there.
No, Tasselmyer called the victim “The Frog,” and we all just went along with it. I mean, it made sense to me. The guy had a long tongue. I’d later find out, from Tasselmyer himself actually, that we all do — at least longer than what we see inside our mouths. I had never seen one out in the open like that before. If I’m lucky, I never will again.
Tasselmyer called the victim “The Frog” because — well, before he was county medical examiner — he was a high school anatomy teacher. Then it started to make sense.
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