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Episode 17: War. When Chaos Joins the Game.
“There’s a wildcard in every deck—and this one just got played.”
Charles “Pick” Pickard Jr. has always been the eccentric heir to a fortune he never earned. But when a man with a fake name, a fake tan, and real muscle shows up demanding a single playing card left to Pick by his dead father… things get complicated fast.
What follows is part fight, part farce, and part revelation—because Pick’s father wasn’t just a soldier. He was a smuggler, a strategist, and part of something so much bigger than a war.
Now Pick has the card. He has the code.
And, whether he’s ready or not, he’s in the game.
Catch Up on the Rest of the Series, Starting with the Six of Diamonds
Episode 1: When the cards fall, so do the players.
Stephan thrives in a world of sharp suits, fast cars, and deadly deals. But when a simple mission involving a "six of diamonds" takes him to a seedy hideout in the desert, he finds himself pitted against a foe who plays her cards as cleverly as he does. The scorching sun isn’t the only heat he has to worry about—bullets, betrayals, and a shocking turn of events leave him reeling. In this gripping noir audio short, The Solitaire Series kicks off with a tale of relentless action, razor-sharp dialogue, and a darkly humorous look at the price of survival.
Release Date: January 3, 2025
Episode 2. Not Everything is What it Seems
Stephan’s world of secrets and subterfuge takes a sharp turn when he’s summoned to an eerie, torch-lit sanctuary. There, he encounters a cryptic operative known only as “Nine,” whose dexterity with both cards and combat leaves him reeling. What begins as a brutal trial by fire transforms into an unexpected invitation into Solitaire, a clandestine organization with ties to forgotten treasures and dangerous secrets.
Fast-forward three months: Stephan is no longer the hunter but the hunted. Captured by an adversary he thought he’d bested, the line between allegiance and survival blurs. In this gripping second installment of The Solitaire Series, alliances are forged, betrayals are revealed, and the stakes are life or death in a deadly game where every move could be his last.
Release Date: January 10, 2025
Episode 3: When love and greed collide, no one escapes unscathed.
Brandon King is no stranger to high-stakes jobs, but this one takes him into the heart of danger—literally. Tasked by Solitaire with eliminating a mysterious gambler who’s been skimming from their coffers, Brandon is drawn into a deadly game of wits against a man with nothing left to lose. Jack, his target, isn’t just a victim of Solitaire’s wrath but a survivor of its cruelty, and he has no intention of going quietly.
Faced with Jack’s cunning traps, a menacing Doberman, and a ticking clock, Brandon must decide: will he follow orders or strike his own deal? With greed and survival driving every move, The King of Hearts is a gripping tale of betrayal, power plays, and the ultimate gamble—life itself.
Release Date: January 17, 2025
Episode 4: A ruthless queen. A scarred survivor. A deadly gamble.
Jack knows there are only two ways out of a Solitaire contract: death or victory. With three of their agents already dead and his scars as proof of their ruthless pursuit, Jack takes the fight to the Queen of Diamonds herself.
Inside a glamorous Vegas casino, a deadly game of cat and mouse unfolds. The Queen, shrewd and dangerous, anticipates his every move, but Jack has a plan—and a secret weapon. With his loyal Doberman, Boris, by his side, Jack must navigate armed guards, devious traps, and the Queen’s own cunning mind.
As the Queen tightens the noose, Jack plays his final card, pitting her greed against his determination to survive. In a violent, heart-stopping finale, Jack learns the cost of freedom—and the power of a single promise kept.
Release Date: January 24, 2025
Episode 5: Luck, skill, and danger collide in The Five of Hearts, the latest chapter in the Solitaire Series.
For professional card counter Burt, gambling isn’t a pastime—it’s a calculated job with high stakes and no room for error. His flashy style and sharp mind have kept him a step ahead of casino security for years, but when he draws too much attention at a Solitaire-owned casino, his luck takes a turn.
Dragged into a world he barely understands, Burt encounters Jack—a scarred, mysterious figure whose reputation is as lethal as it is legendary. As tension escalates and danger looms, Burt must navigate a deadly game where survival hinges on more than skill and luck.
Will Burt cash out while he still can, or will Solitaire’s powerful grip deal him a final, losing hand?
Release Date: January 31, 2025
Episode 6: Alec never expected his first assignment as a Collector for Solitaire to test more than just his strength.
Standing nearly seven feet tall and armed with martial arts training, Alec is used to his size and presence doing most of the work. But when he’s sent to collect a debt from a frail woman named Terry, he quickly realizes this isn’t the straightforward job he anticipated.
The scene is set for conflict, with Alec prepared to use calculated force—until an unexpected challenger steps forward: Terry’s uncle, a fast and skilled defender willing to fight for her. Their tense standoff escalates when a thrown knife turns the tables, leaving Alec questioning not only the ethics of his new role but also the hidden depths of Solitaire’s operations.
With his first job ending in chaos but somehow deemed a success, Alec learns that in Solitaire, winning isn’t always about strength—it’s about navigating the murky waters of loyalty, morality, and the unexpected twists of fate. As Alec earns his card as the Two of Spades, he finds himself drawn further into a world where nothing is as simple as it seems.
Release Date: February 7, 2025
Episode 7: Jack thought he could lay low for a while, but trouble has a way of finding him.
Seeking to rebuild his bankroll, he steps into the chaos of a crowded nightclub and an exclusive backroom poker game. Two shadows follow him into the fray: a seasoned Solitaire operative and an amateur in a ridiculous red suit. As the cards hit the table, Jack's skills are put to the ultimate test, not just to win, but to outwit those who aim to bring him down.
The Three of Clubs brings suspense, strategy, and danger to the table. With every hand Jack plays, the tension rises. Will his calculated risks be enough to outmaneuver his adversaries, or will this be the game where the house wins? Dive into this gripping episode of the Solitaire Series to find out.
Release Date: February 14, 2025
Episode 8: Jack’s next move takes him to the pulsing heart of Vegas nightlife—a club where the stakes are high, but the risks are higher.
In The Ace of Clubs, the eighth thrilling installment of The Solitaire Series, Jack enters a vibrant Vegas nightclub in search of a high-stakes game to rebuild his bankroll. But the club is no ordinary venue—it’s a domain ruled by Ace, a ruthless operator with an eye on everything and everyone.
As Jack tries to stay under the radar, he finds himself crossing paths with Burt, the eccentric card counter with a knack for finding trouble. Burt’s attempts to shadow Jack draw the attention of Ace, who sees an opportunity to turn Burt into his pawn. Now under Ace’s command, Burt must spy on Jack or risk disappearing into the night.
Amidst the flashing lights and pounding music, alliances are forged and betrayals unfold. Jack faces challenges at every turn, including Solitaire operatives, Ace’s unrelenting grip on the city’s underground, and Burt’s unsteady loyalty.
In this high-stakes chapter, the cards on the table aren’t just about money—they’re about survival. As Jack fights to stay ahead, the question remains: will he outplay the house, or will he fold under the weight of his enemies?
The Ace of Clubs delivers all the tension, action, and intrigue fans of The Solitaire Series have come to love. Listen now and immerse yourself in the next captivating chapter of this noir-inspired audio thriller.
Release Date: February 21, 2025
Episode 9: In the high-stakes world of Blackjack and Solitaire, loyalty is a dangerous gamble.
Fredrick was once a rising star in the NFL, but his gambling addiction cost him everything. Now, he’s a man with two masters—Ace, the ruthless kingpin of Blackjack, and Solitaire, the organization that owns his debts. As Ace’s top enforcer, Fredrick keeps order in the club, but behind the scenes, he trades secrets to his rivals for a chance at clearing his slate.
When Jack—scarred, relentless, and hunted—walks into the club with Burt, a flashy card counter with a penchant for trouble, Fredrick senses an opportunity. His employers want to keep tabs on Jack, but so do their enemies. As the walls close in, Fredrick must make a choice: stay the course and risk exposure, or strike the ultimate deal to secure his freedom.
But in a world where debts are paid in blood, playing both sides might be the most dangerous bet of all.
Episode 9 of The Solitaire Series, The Five of Clubs, takes listeners deeper into the criminal underworld, where power is an illusion and survival is never guaranteed.
Episode 10: The Game Just Turned Deadly
Stephan is used to playing enforcer for Solitaire. His job is simple—collect the debt, retrieve the card, and move on. But when he arrives at Jake’s house, nothing is what it seems. The one-legged ex-soldier is more than prepared, with a home rigged for defense and a mind as sharp as any card counter's.
What should have been a routine collection turns into a deadly standoff. Stephan is fast, but Jake is faster. Explosives, deception, and a hidden fortune of playing cards make this more than just a debt collection—it’s a battle of wits and survival.
As the dust settles, one question remains: Who will be left standing when the final card is played?
🔥 Episode 10: The Four of Hearts is here. Listen now and see who makes it out alive.
Episode 11: Las Vegas is a city built on secrets, and Janice Quan is determined to uncover them.
As an undercover agent investigating illegal gambling syndicates, she’s spent three years infiltrating the city’s darkest corners. But her latest case is different. A hidden high-stakes room, a mysterious man in red, and a nervous lackey who leads her straight to the club’s VIPs—everything about this operation screams danger.
When Janice makes her move, slipping past security with a new disguise and a fabricated identity, she finds herself face-to-face with a man who could be the key to unlocking the criminal empire she’s been chasing. But trust is a rare commodity in Vegas, and deception is the house’s favorite game. As the walls close in, Janice must outmaneuver ruthless gamblers, violent enforcers, and a shadowy organization that won’t hesitate to eliminate anyone who gets too close.
The Eight of Clubs isn’t just another job—it’s a deadly hand she can’t afford to lose.
Episode 12: Jack is free—at least, he should be.
Jack thought it was over, but the game is far from finished. Injured, hunted, and haunted by the past, he prepares to escape Vegas for good. But when a familiar enemy appears out of the darkness, vengeance takes center stage. Nakamura isn’t done, and neither is Solitaire. With secrets buried in playing cards and a city that never sleeps watching his every move, Jack faces one last hand—a showdown where only one player walks away.
Episode 13: The House Always Wins. Always.
Scarred and hunted, Jack finds himself trapped in a city of neon and secrets. He thought killing the Queen of Diamonds would buy him freedom, but now, with a target on his back and a mysterious explosion shaking his world, he's forced to seek refuge in the underbelly of Vegas.
A coded message, a shady limo service, and a backroom game where fortunes—and lives—hang in the balance. In The Four of Clubs, Jack discovers that even in a city built on chance, some games are rigged from the start.
Episode 14: In this game, trust is a losing hand.
They took him to a room where the walls were white and the questions were sharp. Carl, a man with a past he'd rather forget, found himself shackled and beaten, caught in a game he didn't understand. They wanted information. They wanted a card. And they wanted to know who he worked for.
But Carl knew the rules of the underworld: trust no one, reveal nothing. He was a pawn in a high-stakes game, and the players were far more dangerous than he imagined. A beautiful, chilling woman named Nancy held the strings, her voice like glass, her words laced with menace. She offered friendship, but Carl knew better. In this city of shadows and secrets, friendship was just another way to bleed you dry.
"The Seven of Diamonds" plunges Carl into a world of hidden agendas and deadly alliances. He's caught between Solitaire, the organization he works for, and a shadowy power that makes them look like small fry. Can Carl play his cards right, or will he become just another casualty in a game where everyone's bluffing?
In a world where loyalty is a lie and survival is a gamble, Carl learns that some secrets are worth dying for. And some women are best left alone.
Episode 15: He's the Muscle. They're Playing for Blood
They call me Blackjack. Not for the game, but for what I do. Short, black, heavy, and tough – that's me. And when the Ace needs a message delivered, I'm the blunt instrument they send.
This time, it's a simple job: retrieve a card. But simple jobs have a way of turning ugly. One minute, I'm cracking skulls and breaking bones, the next, I'm staring at a card that's anything but ordinary. It's a two of spades, plain as day, but it holds a secret that's about to turn this town upside down.
They sent me to be the muscle, but I'm about to find out there's more to this game than brute force. There are players moving in the shadows, pulling strings, and they're playing for keeps. And when the dust settles, someone's gonna pay.
In a city of neon and broken promises, I'm the knight in tarnished armor, the jack ready to deal out justice. But in this game, even the toughest hand can be beat. And I'm about to find out if I'm holding a winning card, or if I'm just another sucker at the table.
"The Jack of Clubs" is a hard-hitting noir tale of loyalty, betrayal, and the brutal truth hidden beneath the glitz of Vegas. When the cards are marked, and the stakes are high, even a jack can become a kingmaker... or a dead man walking.
Episode 16: War. Wealth. Legacy.
Las Vegas, 1969. A city built on dreams, secrets, and the spoils of war. Chuck, a supply officer with a lucrative side hustle, finds himself caught between the allure of quick cash and the promise of something far more valuable – a simple playing card, the Five of Spades.
In a deal brokered under the cover of a desert night, Chuck is offered a choice: cold, hard cash, or a card that seems utterly ordinary. He takes the gamble, unaware of the forces he's about to unleash.
As the Vietnam War rages, and the shadows of organized crime stretch across the glittering facade of Vegas, Chuck's decision sets in motion a chain of events that will echo through decades. A hidden legacy, a son he'll never meet, and a secret that lies buried beneath the sands of time.
"The Five of Spades" delves into the dark heart of a city built on chance, where fortunes are made and lost in the blink of an eye. From the backroom deals of the mafia to the battlefields of Vietnam, this episode explores the price of ambition and the enduring power of a secret passed down through generations.
When the cards are dealt, and the stakes are high, even a simple Five of Spades can hold the key to a kingdom.
COMING SOON! The Next Stories in the Solitaire Series!
🎴 Episode 18 – The Three of Spades
“Some cards you’re dealt. Others, you find.”
Jack Bardlow, Jr. doesn’t talk about what happened—not the burns, not the betrayals, and definitely not the fire that nearly ended everything. But when a mysterious woman offers him a drink and a listening ear, memories he’s buried deep come clawing to the surface.
In a hidden bar far from prying eyes, two cards sit between him and the past: the Ten of Diamonds and the Four of Clubs—keys to a puzzle he never knew he was part of. But it’s the card he didn’t expect, the Three of Spades, that starts the clock ticking again.
As old scars throb and new dangers emerge, Jack is drawn deeper into the Solitaire underworld. Every choice is a gamble. Every face hides an agenda. And the woman in red? She may not be who she seems.
The Three of Spades is a gritty, emotional chapter in The Solitaire Series, filled with buried secrets, brutal flashbacks, and the first flash of hope Jack’s had in a long, long time.
🎴 Episode 19 – The Two of Diamonds
"Follow suit—or vanish."
In the underbelly of the Vietnam War, where shadows moved silently and secrets were currency, Specialist Peabody was thrust into a role he never sought. What began as a mundane Army supply job soon unraveled into a web of illicit power, where heroin was the product and lives were the price. With Captain Pickard off to the front lines, Peabody was left holding the reins to a stealthy empire under the cryptic command of Solitaire—a clandestine organization where a single playing card determined allegiance and offered a path no less perilous than it was profitable.
Peabody's token? The Two of Diamonds.
A badge of power; a test of loyalty.
As the echoes of war begin to fade, a ruthless new game emerges. Caught between familial duty and the lure of forbidden wealth, Peabody is tasked with recruiting others into this tangled hierarchy. Every selection, every promise—each one is a step deeper into a legacy of deception. Can he balance the scales between his love for his family and the dark demands of Solitaire?
Episode 19 of the Solitaire Series confronts you with a world where trust is a commodity, loyalty is bought, and ultimate freedom is just an illusion. In a realm where nothing is as it seems, each play is a gamble of life and death.
Episode 20 – The Five of Diamonds
In the seedy underworld of Las Vegas, an elite game takes place behind the velvet curtain of privilege and deceit.
Welcome to the electrifying twentieth episode of the Solitaire Series—"The Five of Diamonds."
Enter Cynthia, or as the criminal underbelly knows her, Janice—a cunning FBI agent submerged deep undercover in a labyrinth of high-stakes gambling and moral compromise. This night should be no different; a routine hand in the backroom tables where $5,000 is just the ante. But when Cynthia's evening takes an unexpected and perilous turn, the deck is suddenly stacked against her.
Caught in a web of blurred visions and suspicious allies, Cynthia is rescued from the brink by Jake, a fellow card shark with secrets as cryptic as her own. But who is Jake, really? And why does he cling to the shadows of memory and unsolved riddles? Janet's world turns upside down as she wakes from a drug-induced haze, and the cold confines of an unknown room become her reality.
As a twisted alliance unfolds, this seemingly solid façade of a gambling operation unravels into a sinister plot of deception, where predatory gaming masks a darker, drug-fueled agenda. Can two undercover agents from rival factions—Janet, the Queen of her own perilous game, and Jake of the DEA—tear down the house of cards threatening to imprison them both?
The answers lie within Solitaire, the corrupt organization reigning supreme over Vegas's illicit empire, where everyone holds their breath for the gamble of their lives. Explore the duplicitous dynamics and rising tempos of intrigue with Episode 20 of the Solitaire Series. Chance, betrayal, and a shot in the dark dictate the place at the table in this high-stakes showdown. Will the Five of Diamonds be Cynthia's final draw, or her ultimate escape?
Episode 21 – The Ten of Spades
In the murky aftermath of the Vietnam War, secrets run as deep as corpses.
It's 1968, and outside Los Angeles, Jack Bardlow stands on the precipice between duty and darkness. In Episode 21 of the Solitaire Series, *Ten of Spades*, Jack's mission is clear: retrieve a seemingly innocuous card that holds a map to untold riches—or bring demise to those who stand in its way.
As Jack confronts the troubled Gary Dahl, the evening descends into chaos. Gary’s desperation entwines with deceit, shoveling secrets into shallow graves. But as guns blaze and cards fall, Jack learns trust is as rare as a straight flush.
Stalked by shadows both foreign and familiar, Jack’s quest for the elusive Ten of Spades spirals into a taut cat-and-mouse game of survival. Each move is a gamble with deadly stakes, each choice a step closer to a confrontation with far-reaching consequences.
The Solitaire Series’ latest installment invites listeners into a world where luck is calculated, promises are broken, and the past never stays buried. Dive into an era where danger whispers from every corner, and survival is dealt hand by precarious hand. Can Jack escape with not just the card but his life? The gamble is on, and the clock is ticking.