{"id":922,"date":"2025-10-28T12:27:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/?p=922"},"modified":"2025-10-28T12:27:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T16:27:23","slug":"a-conversation-with-jeff-circle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/28\/a-conversation-with-jeff-circle\/","title":{"rendered":"A Conversation with Jeff Circle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jeffCircle.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jeffCircle.png 678w, https:\/\/bonnarspring.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/jeffCircle-300x265.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This week on Crime Wave: MYOPIC DUPLICITY, edited by Jeff Circle, gathers a sharp and unsettling range of short fiction that probes the quiet tension between what we want and what we\u2019re willing to do to get it. These stories don\u2019t offer easy answers\u2014they linger in the gray zones, where motives twist and outcomes rarely absolve. Featuring emerging and established voices that are by turns lyrical, chilling, and sly, the collection circles one haunting question: Do the ends ever justify the means? Or do they just change the story we tell ourselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Jeff: <a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fjeffcircle.com%2F%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAYnJpZBExU3JIMWozTVZTRk82YmJ2dQEerZjwLdXH9fM5NAuylZckMykrJN09U7gVEFZ7lG5e7RuSppA-1SehxijVA3E_aem_dE1QlZlqmWvC1rO0Nnt9ZQ&amp;h=AT2AtWjR7wlqNP6Ig5ee4EMdRsCNk2rpJz7Mytgb58_kJAdlghJYW0PMBZohaC6KMjy_93X8lHyiHaumNn2qwWiYFXfGsTQQ6HJ8pJBAK4mx1mSxK9MlxrEQSWU5DdRdLpLSuQ5VHMB7FUVOEcmf7A&amp;__tn__=-UK-y-R&amp;c[0]=AT0W7a1yuyn2noq_X4EhThN7uoaACadXMZH_aEdf9Di3EsFtW1HzYkIVQ6VWwvaZ2Yw4ts-8V23DC_vLdGX8lr06DWyYVWKHMfzMDshq_4gopuBaK9aYGhn2k8ZT-dtPZDiHSD_g18Vm9dJwglNt6PFzxmYAamd3QESs4lpkbpX70FK7X5mf7nAG5azNFFcTpjKt93WvkoFpL2l4uqdZKlL-VgvTbJr85XXCn5-M6e3we0L8zw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/jeffcircle.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen:<br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/authorsontheair\/jeff-circle-myopic-duplicity-crime-wave?fbclid=IwY2xjawNtzNJleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTckgxajNNVlNGTzZiYnZ1AR6tRepxiADNWY0scbe0l9lNfjv1zL2WgRcFcIkInKTLP9EBBxCIv_eZQUfjxA_aem_m5t3LDshSi0sgbtnmVvorA\">SoundCloud<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/269-authors-on-the-air-global-88373959\/episode\/jeff-circle-myopic-duplicity--303163034\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawNtzRVleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTckgxajNNVlNGTzZiYnZ1AR5QEgSzIgrGczqq7COS4UzJ_t3lUu-fmCxmwC6fIjLvatzorFgca6NZTxclAQ_aem_WDlVrLZ446d85SyREjjqfw\">iHeart<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/58RaiTeNPRHhc1xWvDEGCu?fbclid=IwY2xjawNtzUtleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFTckgxajNNVlNGTzZiYnZ1AR6NUSdNuyrEZLhLpWwmg9i7awgJYlSBm-eCEez1Ue8UrsFdzUZQP9VE7pvkYQ_aem_UB-pSoq6hc29qmPAUYsltg\">Spotify<\/a><br>On <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/jeff-circle-myopic-duplicity-crime-wave\/id687959058?i=1000733792355\">Apple<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Crimewave is a part of Authors On the Air<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Crime Wave: MYOPIC DUPLICITY, edited by Jeff Circle, gathers a sharp and unsettling range of short fiction that probes the quiet tension between what we want and what we\u2019re willing to do to get it. 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