My Published Work

Told in his own words, Sargas tells how he was taken from his life in 1998 and brought to another time and place, far from the Earth. He discovers his true ancestry and a destiny that he never would have imagined. Gaining power and strength unlike a normal human, he travels the Three Galaxies fighting the forces of Lucifer, eventually settling on his new home world and protecting it from any and all threats. Warrior, knight, and leader. He is the Targothian. 

(NOTE:  My Targothian series is the 2023 winner of the Avocado Award for "The Best In Time Travel"

Told in his own words, Sargas continues his story.  After a long and successful rule over the planet of Targoth, Sargas soon encounters betrayal from a trusted friend and eventual banishment from the world he loves so much.  Arriving back on Earth in the 1950s, he prepares to live his life until the fateful day his past self is to be taken by the Bah'Tene.  He is happy to discover that the K.O.T. has continued to be in existence in the United States for quite some time.  Claiming his place as Lord Knight among his Earthbound brethren, Sargas must prepare his comrades for a new threat that has emerged in the Three Galaxies:  The Crimson Death. 

With the world safe and the Crimson Death a distant memory, Sargas settles down to live out the rest of his life, now fully mortal and aging normally again. However, in his sunset years and now an elderly man, he is requested to come to meet someone claiming to be the son of his old enemy, Gostal. Facing this new threat, the original Targothian Knight regains his powers and sets himself upon a course that will take him to a faraway planet, a strange dimension, and ultimately meet a destiny which has been a very long time in the making. 

In the Targothian Trilogy (Sargas, Crimson Death, The Circle Closes) you were introduced to the half-Targothian/half-Terran who would become a legend.  

You learned about the mysterious Bah'Tene and their role in the Three Galaxies.  You learned about the world of Targoth.  It's traditions, culture, and citizens.  You learned about events in Earth's history that Sargas had witnessed.

Throughout his life, Sargas met many people, friend and foe alike.

Though his story has been told, there is much more to learn about the people in the Targothian's life.  

In this book, you'll find out more about his allies and enemies and about the events that led them to cross paths with Sargas.

The Targothian: Allies and Enemies is the newest addition to the Targothian saga and a further expansion on the events of the Yoakumverse.

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Kyle West, while visiting family after the murder of a young child, is starting to have visions of a horrid little monster. After meeting a mysterious private detective, Kyle comes face to face with the creature in the blood red cap. 

Young Veronika is dealing with the loss of her brother to a dark spirit in the woods. Shunned by her family as a witch, she meets a seemingly kindly old woman who opens her world to a possibility of magic and knowledge. 

Lenny Lowell hasn't experienced sleep paralysis in fifteen years. Unfortunately for him, it has returned and it is as scary as he remembered. His own mother went through the same thing when she was young. Now, with his mother in a sudden coma and his twin sister dead under mysterious circumstances, Lenny discovers that sometimes sleep paralysis is caused by something dark, sinister, and completely without human compassion. 

Kristoff and Hanna Kringle, an elderly and childless couple, are offered the gift of a lifetime. Blessed by the Archangel Haniel and Saint Nicholas, Kristoff becomes the immortal Santa Claus. However, an unfortunate side effect has occurred. Light cannot exist without dark. To balance the goodness of Santa, the universe has created a fiendish monster. The Krampus is born.

Angus McMurry is a member of the Order of Haniel, a group that is dedicated to protecting the Daemon Cloak, a shape-shifting garment that was created by the Archangel Haniel thousands of years ago. Now, forced to take it upon himself to guard it alone, he must keep it out of the reach of the Nefarium, a race of demons that have long since been banished from the galaxy. 

Bill Bauer is on his first vacation on board a cruise ship, the Nobility. Visiting an art auction on board, Bill finds a painting with a beautiful, and somehow familiar, young woman. Soon, he starts seeing spirits around the ship, unaware that a dark presence is overseeing things. 

Even in the afterlife you can't escape bureaucracy.  Psychopomps act as guides for the recently departed and Diana has served in this capacity only a few times to help people to their eternal home and she isn't a fan of the gig.  So much like jury duty for the living.  However, her latest charge, a nice man named Ronald, was bound for a horrible fate.  As she leads her charge to his heavenly home, two demons block their path and they demand Ronald.  Diana's gut tells her to not let Ronald go with them, and the two go on the run through the many realms of the spirit world with the forces of both Heaven and Hell looking for them.   

 A collection of short stories from the author of Haunting On The Nobility and Redcap: Folklore Series Book 1. These stories all take place in a shared universe, as do all of Larry Yoakum III's stories. A mixture of horror, paranormal, fantasy, the supernatural, and science fiction, this book guarantees something for everyone. From a grocery store in Hell to pirates in the Mediterranean. Cruel vampires and intelligent zombies. A creature that produces fear pheromones to subdue its prey. Angels and the Illuminati. The demonic origin of French fries. Santa Claus. These stories will hopefully entertain you and give you something unique to fill and chill your brain. 

What I would consider a coffee table book.  This contains the poems I have written as well as some articles I wrote for fun in high school and in the military.  

Get in touch at larryyoakum3@yahoo.com

 The books listed below are not published by me but by other publishers who wanted to do a multi author collection and I was fortunate enough to be asked to contribute a story.

My particular stories still exist within the shared reality of my own published books.

What if the walls could talk? What if that summer job wasn't what you thought? Ever been face to face with a wendigo? Have you danced with a ghost? Would you like to step into the shoes of a raven mocker? What if you weren't who you thought you were? All these things explored by the fireside in this book of darkness and horror. 

This is a multi author collaboration in which I have one story.  Mine is about Black Eyed Children

This book is published by Absaroka Press  and you can visit them at https://absarokapress.wordpress.com

Authors Christina Korbal and Larry Yoakum III have joined forces to bring you this collection of short horror stories to give you chills on those October nights. Or anytime you feel like a spooky tale. Featuring a story by Jim Hoerig, as well. 

This is a multi author collaboration.  I contributed half the stories and Christina Korbal did the other half, as well as one story by newcomer Jim Hoerig.

This was published independently by Christina Korbal and you can visit her FaceBook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/393746147727583/

A small collection of tales from weird to terrifying by an assortment of some of the best independent authors around. 

This is a mutli author collaboration in which I contributed a couple of stories.  

This is published by Puppy Cat Press, and you can visit them at https://www.facebook.com/DanFish131313/

Transcend means to go beyond the range or limits, or to surpass. These stories inspired by some of the most talented independent and emerging author's and writer's from around the world are interpretations of their ideas on transcend, transcending and transcendence. 

This is a mutli author collaboration in which I contributed a couple of stories.  

This is published by Puppy Cat Press, and you can visit them at https://www.facebook.com/DanFish131313/

Below are my very first books....out of print now but they do still deserve a mention

These three books are my very first published books with Publish America (Later called America Star Books).  They are all now out of print, but the first two books are collections of short stories and are now all published in my book Yoakum's Compendium of Bizarre and Original Stories.   

The third is my autobiography up until 2012, and a lot more has happened in my life since then.  If you ever manage to secure a copy of any of these I'd be happy to autograph them for you but bear in mind that on these three books I will not receive royalties on them so it isn't supporting me if you buy them.