Unlike the stand-alone novels that were published in series or libraries, the story "Dell Tracy, or Life Among the Outlaws," by Cornelius Shea, exemplifies another form of cheap fiction that was popular in the late nineteenth century. Shea's novel was serialized in Norman L. Munro's The Golden Hours, a "story newspaper" which contained as many as eight adventure stories in various stages of completion in a single issue. "Dell Tracy, or Life Among the Outlaws" first appeared as the Golden Hours cover story, complete with elaborate cover illustration, in Volume 4, Number 82 (August 24, 1889). The story continued for several more issues throughout the summer and fall of 1889. A western adventure story, "Dell Tracy, or Life Among the Outlaws" was calculated to appeal to the story paper's predominantly young, male readership. The Golden Hours was published by Norman L. Munro's New York City publishing house from 1888 to 1901.