Megan Rials is a writer, literary scholar, and poet. She holds a Juris Doctor from the Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center and is working toward completion of a Master of Arts in cultural apologetics from Houston Christian University. She serves as Content Editor and Scholar in Residence on the Leadership Council of the Society for Women of Letters and as Editor in Chief of the Shadowlands Dispatch, a magazine of cultural apologetics. Her work has also appeared in Dappled Things, VoegelinView, Mere Orthodoxy, Fare Forward, An Unexpected Journal, The Worldview Bulletin, and Perichoresis.
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The Haunting of Hercule Poirot: Ghosts versus Little Gray Cells

Poirot learns the limits of his overreliance on rationality, and is beckoned to the realm of faith and the light of life.

The Restoration of Romance

Sarah Russell’s poem poses as a meditation on love and longing for one’s spouse, but in fact exposes the extent of our culture’s decay with regard to the self-giving necessary to create and sustain romantic relationships.