CONTEMPORARY FICTION Fiction
Vanguard Contemporary Fiction & Thriller
Inspired by One World / Random House Contemporary Novels
Engineered for contemporary literary fiction, psychological suspense, noir mysteries, and multi-timeline narratives. Features full-bleed layered grey timeline highlight badges (today, before: 1969), all-caps tracked first line openings, and typewriter transcript blocks for wiretaps and interviews.
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Typography & Format Specs
Body Typeface: Monotype Garamond / Sabon (fbb OpenType) with OldStyle Figures
Display Typeface: Avenir Next Condensed Heavy & American Typewriter
Paper Standard: Cream Paper (50-61#)
Page Count Range: 200 – 480 pages
Agent-Native Workflow
1-Click Ingestion Prompt for Vanguard Contemporary Fiction & Thriller
Hand this prompt to Claude Code, Cursor, or OpenCode with your draft manuscript.
You are an expert prepress book compositor. I have placed my raw novel manuscript in `manuscript.md`.
Please typeset my contemporary fiction novel using the Vanguard Literary Thriller LaTeX package:
1. Inspect `literarythriller.sty` and `main.tex`.
2. Format timeline shifts with \timelinedivider{Timeline Label}.
3. Open chapters with \novelchapter and \firstline{UPPERCASE PHRASE}{rest of sentence}.
4. Format document transcripts with \begin{transcript} ... \end{transcript}.
5. Execute `./build.sh` to compile with XeLaTeX. Design & Typography Features
- Layered horizontal highlight timeline badges bleeding off right margin
- All-caps tracked first-line opening for immersive chapter starts
- Typewriter transcript environment for letters, wiretaps, and recordings
- Letterspaced small-caps running headers with outer-corner folios
- Contemporary electric duotone cover template with silhouette cutout
- KDP preflight ready with 23mm inner gutter
What's in the Package
- literarythriller.sty — Core LaTeX package with timeline badge engine
- main.tex — Master assembly file
- build.sh — 1-click build pipeline
- frontmatter/ — halftitle.tex, title.tex, copyright.tex, dedication.tex
- content/ — part1.tex, chapter1.tex, part2.tex, chapter2.tex
- backmatter/ — author.tex (biography and author portrait frame)
- cover/cover.tex — Full wraparound electric duotone cover template
- AGENT_PROMPT.md — AI ingestion prompt
- SKILL.md — Prepress agent skill file