This week’s puzzle:

After being harassed for dressing inappropriately and disrupting a party by misusing the tableware, a young man with a false name finds he has to get home in a hurry.  Alcohol only adds to his problems, and friends and relatives advise him not to take risks, but in the end his solution is to resort to criminal behavior.

Last week’s puzzle:

A rebel with abnormal senses narrowly escapes death at the hands of a woman with whom he shared a house. Not long afterward, a failure to escape leads to his dreams coming true, and later on a successful escape leads to his closest friend having to find a new job.

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