Papers in this special issue on Figurative Language: (1) Cecilia BJÖRKÉN-NYBERG: Vocalising motherhood: The metaphorical conceptualisation of voice in listener responses to The girl on the train by Paula Hawkins (pp. 1-28), (2) Danielle CUDMORE: Prophet, poet, seer, skald: Poetic diction in Merlínusspá (pp. 29-60), (3) Kristina HILDEBRAND: "As fayre an handid man": Malory's figurative language (pp. 61-74), (4) Birgitta SVENSSON: The development of figurative competence in narrative writing: A longitudinal case study (pp. 75-102), (5) Monica KARLSSON: Book Review (pp. 103-106), (6) Keith ALLAN: Book Review (pp. 107-113).