Halfway between the Atlantic Ocean and the Blue Ridge Mountains, Columbia, South Carolina sits on the southeastern edge of the great Piedmont plateau, an area defined in South Carolina by the Appalachians and the fall line formed where the Broad and Saluda rivers converge to create the Congaree. In this third issue of Fall Lines - a literary convergence, Jasper Magazine once again presents an anthology of poetry and prose demonstrating that South Carolina, in general, and Columbia, in particular, is a literary showplace. Included in this collection are such illustrious literary artists as Ron Rash and Terrance Hayes, as well as South Carolina Academy of Authors 2015 fellowship winner Phillip Gardner, winners of the Broad and Saluda River Prizes for Prose and Poetry, and more. Like the energy from the falling waters that powered the city's first cotton mills, there is a palpable energy in this impressive convergence of literary art assembled by editors Cynthia Boiter, Ed Madden, and Kyle Petersen