Drunken Fireworks by Stephen King

A wry, darkly comic first-person tale about a small-town Fourth of July rivalry that grows from backyard pyrotechnics into an escalating, booze-fueled contest of one-upmanship between long-time adversaries; told as a local legend, the narrator traces how pride, aging, and stubbornness turn a routine holiday tradition into a dangerous spectacle with unexpectedly poignant and grim consequences for the community.

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