Skyscraper

by Hayley Anderton

Originally published in Among Thorns and Stardust, a sci-fi anthology of fairytale retellings. You can find the full anthology everywhere that books are sold.

Rapunzel has lived in a tower her entire life - specifically in a city skyscraper in Zone Nine of a war-torn society. But when a stranger on her balcony begins to make her dream of life outside her apartment, her life will change in ways she could never have imagined.

34 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 6, 2025

About the author

Hayley Anderton is an author, reader, baker and crazy cat lady, born and raised in the North West of England. She strives for diversity in her writing, and believes that books can change the world. She graduated from John Moores University in 2017, and is now searching for her next adventure.