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    Nina, Pretty Ballerina
    Nina, Pretty Ballerina
    Nina, Pretty Ballerina
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    Nina, Pretty Ballerina

    By Debbie McGowan

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    I boinged her once.
    Several times.
    Daily.
    But that was before. Mostly.
    Before I fell in love.

    A short steampunk-ish, romantic-ish story - part of Play On... A FREE Valentine's Day collection of short stories, poetry and prose, inspired by the songs of ABBA.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBeaten Track Publishing
    Release dateMar 18, 2020
    ISBN9781786454157
    Nina, Pretty Ballerina
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    Debbie McGowan

    Debbie McGowan is an award-winning author of contemporary fiction that celebrates life, love and relationships in all their diversity. Since the publication in 2004 of her debut novel, Champagne—based on a stage show co-written and co-produced with her husband—she has published many further works—novels, short stories and novellas—including two ongoing series: Hiding Behind The Couch (a literary ‘soap opera’ centring on the lives of nine long-term friends) and Checking Him Out (LGBTQ romance). Debbie has been a finalist in both the Rainbow Awards and the Bisexual Book Awards, and in 2016, she won the Lambda Literary Award (Lammy) for her novel, When Skies Have Fallen: a British historical romance spanning twenty-three years, from the end of WWII to the decriminalisation of homosexuality in 1967. Through her independent publishing company, Debbie gives voices to other authors whose work would be deemed unprofitable by mainstream publishing houses.

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