Visions of Hell - Flash Fiction (Horror)
Based on the writing prompt "Something ancient rises from an old pond." Horror flash fiction.
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Benjamin Fortier
Ben Fortier
- Aug 25
- 2 min
Where Do You Belong?
Our system looked like a perverse amalgamation of capitalism, socialism, and plutocracy. It was a hooded taskmaster
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Ben Fortier
- Aug 4
- 3 min
Flash Fiction in the Style of Sci-Fi
They operated like a hive mind. When the signal was launched, they swarmed out from the tunnels. Their hands came through the sewer grates.
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Ben Fortier
- Jul 19
- 4 min
Trials at Parris Island
Parris Island in July. The confidence course loomed around us with its ropes, walls, towers, and murky pools.
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Ben Fortier
- Jul 12
- 2 min
Afterthoughts: Book Launch
July 2nd was the book launch of Afterthoughts, a compilation of writings by veterans with ties to Rhode Island.
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Ben Fortier
- Jul 5
- 5 min
Flash Fiction Friday: Icky the Monster and the Terrifying Crucible
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...
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Ben Fortier
- Jun 21
- 4 min
Arachnid Convergence in Maplewood Hollow: A Flash Fiction Story
Discover the eerie events in Maplewood Hollow as a mysterious Arachnid Convergence brings trillions of spiders to this quiet New England tow
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Ben Fortier
- Jun 10
- 2 min
Flash Fiction Friday - 16mm
A woman finds old 16mm film from her childhood and sees that she had a sister — what happened to her?
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Ben Fortier
- Jun 9
- 2 min
Summer 2024 Update!
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...
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Ben Fortier
- Apr 24
- 2 min
Book Review: Double Knot is THE cutting edge war memoir
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.
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Ben Fortier
- Mar 17
- 2 min
"Phantoms" Wins the Robert Gannon Award for Poetry
The Marine Corps Heritage Foundation has created a series of distinguished, nationally recognized awards that honor a variety of media, art,
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Ben Fortier
- Nov 29, 2023
- 1 min
Grow Through Your Suffering
My stomach was doing flips like a professional gymnast on a trampoline. This was not the final inspection on the Parris Island drill...
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Ben Fortier
- Nov 7, 2023
- 2 min
Men's Mental Health Awareness Month
November is men’s mental health. These prompts were created by “The Lighthouse of Poetry” which is a page dedicated to mental health
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Ben Fortier
- Nov 7, 2023
- 3 min
Northern Fallujah - Entry Control Point
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...
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Ben Fortier
- Aug 30, 2023
- 4 min
Dreams and Nightmares
I was recollecting all the times I had struggled to fall asleep. It felt like thousands, if not tens of thousands, of hours staring
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Ben Fortier
- Aug 25, 2023
- 5 min
"It's that simple." A Navy Veteran Tells It Like It Is
This is a revised essay, the original of which I wrote nearly two decades ago as a High School student. It is about my grandfather.
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Ben Fortier
- Aug 25, 2023
- 2 min
Book Review | "Left of Bang" by van Horne and Riley
The book “Left of Bang” is a facilitated version of the Marine Corps’ Combat Hunter program. This advanced infantry program consists of...
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Ben Fortier
- Aug 24, 2023
- 2 min
Poetry Review | THE CLEARING BARREL - ANTHONY ROBERTS
Review of Poetry Book The Clearing Barrel by Anthony Roberts.
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Ben Fortier
- Aug 10, 2023
- 1 min
Made of Granite (The Death of Cpl. King)
Tears suddenly rolled down my right cheek. It felt as if a channel of magma was tunneling through the granite my face was supposed to be...
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Ben Fortier
- May 10, 2023
- 2 min
Poetry Review | "A Word Like God" by Leo Jenkins
A Word Like God is an attempt by author Leo Jenkins to harness these enlightening experiences.
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