The characters themselves were interesting and unique. 736 came across as multi-layered, and had clear motivations. Two streams from the River collide by the lake and secludes the camp as well. Those Across the River is Frank’s story and he tells it in the clipped language of an ex-soldier; he’s an educated man, and the town, its people, and the tragedy that befalls them are etched into the reader’s imagination with stark, short phrases, broken by the occasional poetic stretch of description. Those Across the River is the debut novel of award-winning poet Christopher Buehlman. T he year is 1935. Goodreads Summary: Failed academic Frank Nichols and his wife, Eudora, have arrived in the sleepy Georgia town of Whitbrow, where Frank hopes to write a history of his family’s old estate-the Savoyard Plantation- and the horrors that occurred there. So I came across a crazy guy wearing a basic white long shirt wearing a cross ranting about something in the river just north of Strawberry near where the trail goes down past the word "Creek" on the map. Description . Arson was one of my favorites, with his humor and snarky tone. Christopher Buehlman (born 1969 in Tampa, Florida) is a novelist, comedian, playwright, and poet from St. Petersburg, Florida. The characters in Those Across The River tend to make the sort of decisions that cause people watching horror movies to yell at the screen. The town has a longstanding tradition of sending two pigs into the woods as a ritual sacrifice every full moon. After experiencing what they think are a series of "break-ins", a family sets up security cameras around their home, only to realize that the events unfolding before them are more sinister than they seem. Those Across the River is the debut novel of award-winning poet Christopher Buehlman. Veteran of the Great War and failed academic Frank Nichols ignores a warning not to move into the home he inherits in the small southern town of Whitbrow; a home his wife calls "The Canary House" because of … I write reviews filled with spoilers. Readers’ questions about Those Across the River. NOTE: This spoiler was submitted by Jeremy. This literary horror novel, set in the post-Depression era South, is written in the Southern Gothic tradition complete with hereditary curses, societal transgressions, family secrets and an exploration of social issues of the American South. In Those Across the River by Christopher Buehlman, a veteran of The Great War and failed teacher named Frank Nichols moves from the Midwest to Georgia with his lover, Eudora. Jason, although I had a hard time connecting with him at first, grew on me. I first had some trouble completing this quest because I expected the target crate to be some distance away, but nope, it's almost right next to the initial crate!