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MOONSAULT MONTHLY (October 2026)
There was a bar in Minneapolis called Grumpy’s Downtown. It’s gone now. That’s how it goes. Once a month, a few of us took over the side room. Punk rock vinyl on the turntable. Wrestling on the big projector screen. No sound on the matches, just music. It was called Moonsault Monday. 10 P.M. to…
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WRESTLING IS STILL YOUNG
A THESIS WALKS INTO A DENTIST’S OFFICE I have never been to Ichigaya Chocolate Square. I have only seen it on YouTube – 6,000 miles away. This bright, cheerful room on my screen while the world outside my window is dark by 4:30 P.M. and cold enough to make your teeth ache. It’s a former…
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THE WAITING ROOM
The bar down the street raised the prices again. Not by much – a dollar here, a dollar there. The regulars complained for a week. Now they pay the new prices like they’ve always been that way. Nobody talks about it. It’s just… how it is now. I’ve been going to this bar for a…
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NAILGUN
NailGun tapes his ribs in dim light, alone, because the kid he’s working with already saw him puke and doesn’t need to see it again. Forcing himself to barf is usually a fun party trick, but this time he drank too much the night before and it just happened. All hangovers are untimely, but a…