Rachael Mullins

In Short – Issue 5 (Spring 2026)

May 31, 2026

Photograph of the author on train, looking out the window.

Image courtesy of the author

17,200 Kilometres as the Crow Flies

By Rachael Mullins

Reasons I moved continents:

To be somewhere where there are no reminders of your death
To be somewhere where there are no reminders of you
To be somewhere where there are no reminders
To be somewhere
To be

Rachael Mullins (she/her) is an Australian writer, UX designer, and photographer living in Dublin. Her work maps the glitches between loss, technology, and neurodivergence, appearing or forthcoming in HOWL New Irish Writing, Mouthful of Salt, swim press, chouette, and The Sydney Morning Herald. Find her on Instagram @rchlmllns, or hand-building weird vases out of clay.