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.