Benjamin Fortier

A review of The debut full-length novel from Marine Corps veteran Ivan Ingraham, navigates the challenging journey of a Marine Corps officer to become an elite member of the Marine Corps Special Operations.

I didn’t have the privilege of serving with Nick during the Iraq deployment. Instead, my connection to him started months prior during the Battalion's pre-deployment training. I was a new-join to the 81mm Mortar Platoon, a young PFC fresh out of infantry school.   On the first official day of mobilization, I had spent a sleepless night in the hotel just outside of Devens. A light snow coated the area overnight. I was up well before the sun to hoof it to the front gate of Dev

Grief. It is a journey difficult to comprehend, and even more so to explain. What does it mean to grieve? For warriors on a battlefield,...

Oblivion is a 19-year-old computer game. When it emerged, computer role-playing games were still very stuck in their isometric design. This was the dawn of a new phase of first and third person action RPGs. Its predecessor Morrowind set a top bar and too many, Oblivion surpassed that bar. 

Because I'm a cybersecurity professional recently targeted by fraudsters, I feel a responsibility to share my experience.

I wish I could tell you to go see this play. Unfortunately, I’m writing this while they perform their last two shows of the year.

Based on the writing prompt "Something ancient rises from an old pond." Horror flash fiction.

Our system looked like a perverse amalgamation of capitalism, socialism, and plutocracy. It was a hooded taskmaster

They operated like a hive mind. When the signal was launched, they swarmed out from the tunnels. Their hands came through the sewer grates.

Parris Island in July. The confidence course loomed around us with its ropes, walls, towers, and murky pools.

July 2nd was the book launch of Afterthoughts, a compilation of writings by veterans with ties to Rhode Island.

This one sort of got away from me. Not gonna lie. The prompt was easy enough, but I went in a weird direction. For some reason, my mind...

Discover the eerie events in Maplewood Hollow as a mysterious Arachnid Convergence brings trillions of spiders to this quiet New England tow

A woman finds old 16mm film from her childhood and sees that she had a sister — what happened to her?

Veterans for Peace Poetry Reading I was honored to be invited by the Veterans for Peace to read poetry for them at their rally point in...

For the first time in years, I recently had the fantastic experience of being so engrossed by a novel that I could not turn away.

The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation has created a series of distinguished, nationally recognized awards that honor a variety of media, art,

My stomach was doing flips like a professional gymnast on a trampoline. This was not the final inspection on the Parris Island drill...

November is men’s mental health. These prompts were created by “The Lighthouse of Poetry” which is a page dedicated to mental health

It was a Friday. A holy day for the majority of the inhabitants of our fair city. It was around the time it started getting disgustingly...