Kate Abbasi

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Mar, 2023

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“No Visible Threats” by Kate Abbasi

Submitted to Contest #209

“Safety is not the absence of threat; it is the presence of connection.” -Gabor Matė-They drove to the highlands of Pennsylvania on a two-lane country road. People said Ohiopyle is peaceful in late spring. She offered to drive but he insisted on staying behind the wheel. A man and a woman in a relationship often find it easier to live within the established social norms despite proclaiming their distaste for traditional gender roles. She did not demand to be an equal driving partner; she was happy to gaze at the combed ribbons of soil e...

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Explorer of life, cultures, and humanity. I have many labels but immigrant, mother, and woman-in-tech defined me the most.