Where The Water Went That Flowed Under the Bridge: And Other Short Stories

By Robert Borcyckowski

Life seldom announces its turning points. They arrive in ordinary disguises. A flat tire on a lonely road. A misplaced accusation in a bustling kitchen. A young woman who smiles politely while an older man suddenly remembers he is alive. Small moments, really, but they have a curious talent for rearranging the direction of a life before anyone has the good sense to protest.

In these stories, quiet events grow their own shadows. Memory becomes a companion that refuses to keep its distance. People discover, often by accident, that they are still capable of wonder, or mischief, or heartbreak, or the kind of clarity that only appears when the world stops behaving the way it should.

The landscapes vary. A Christmas-lit highway. A childhood classroom filled with bewildered children. A bridge in Eugene where water remembers more than anyone suspects. Yet each place carries the same whisper. Pay attention. Something important is happening, even if you cannot name it yet.

Told with affection, curiosity, and a gentle reverence for the strange choreography of ordinary days, this collection invites the reader to sit for a while and recognize the truth hiding inside every quiet moment. Sometimes the most insignificant incidents end up telling the largest stories.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GLPJN9TL
• ISBN13: 9798896694144
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Self Publishers
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"