About Me
I’m Rick Hoppe. I create fiction, nonfiction, and community storytelling rooted in history, mercy, and the human experience. I’ve lived an extraordinary, and extraordinarily rich, life.
I’m an author, veteran, artist, and storyteller based in Central Texas. My work spans nonfiction, dark fiction, art, and podcasts — all grounded in a lifelong drive to understand conflict, mercy, and the quiet courage found in ordinary people.
For over 35 years, I worked in counterintelligence operations and analysis, studying how revolutions form, how societies fracture, and how people can interrupt the cycle before it turns violent. That work shaped the ideas behind Eight Stages: A Primer on Modern Revolution and the larger research projects that have grown around it.
I’m also a three-time Texas Distinguished Veteran Artist, creating mixed-media art rooted in memory, struggle, and resilience.
At home in Copperas Cove, Texas, I explore global patterns of social change and community resilience through The Hidden Revolution and Foundations of Preparedness podcasts
My fiction — including Psalm for the Damned (published), The Traveler (in progress), and Barlow’s Hole (in progress) — draws on history, faith, and the dark corners of human choice, offering characters who wrestle with the same moral tensions we all face.