Hello, readers. The editor again.

I must apologize. I made the mistake of telling my partner what day it was last night, and he’s realized that it’s ten days until one of his favorite holidays of the year. As I understand it, Bill likes Halloween, partly because he likes the atmosphere of it and partly because it’s one of the few times a year he can wear his research costumes and not have people question it. (For those interested, his other favorite holidays are Christmas and New Year’s, so December should be wonderful.)

The reason why I’m sharing this with you, though, is because Bill insisted that we don’t let the holiday “go to waste,” so to speak. So for the next several days, please enjoy Halloween Week, a collection of entries dedicated to bug, dark, poison, and psychic pokémon appropriate for this time of year.

Also, yes, I realize that we’re giving you more than a week’s worth of entries, seeing as Halloween is ten days away, not seven, but I’m not going to question my partner at this point.