came across stanford’s dime novel and story paper collection which purportedly consists of over 8,000 individual items. quote: “both genres flourished from the middle to the close of the 19th century in america and england (where the novels were known as penny dreadfuls), and benefited from three mutually reinforcing trends: the vastly increased mechanization of printing, the growth of efficient rail and canal shipping, and ever-growing rates of literacy.” take the guided tour, browse their giant image archive, or read some of the dreadfuls straight through. a huge amount of goodies with many high res images for your inspirational and/or pilfering needs.