ShortWorks Fiction Issue Based on a real event in a small Midwestern town during the 1960s, the following ShortWork by M.K. Patrick, "Third Friday in February," suggests that simple daily struggles to answer questions about love, work and friendship can lead to unpredictable violence. Patrick short story suggests that perhaps America's small-town psychoses nurtured some of the first acts of modern terrorism. - About ShortWorks ShortWorks is an independent publishing group that compiles short, compelling works, from arts, music and literature to social criticism and history to science and technology. www.shortworks.co