That sounds very strange. I joined six months before you, and it took me 13 months in order to reach $100. Many ‘writers’ have left the Medium platform because their earnings dropped substantially once Medium killed the ability to game the system.

I’ve been writing on the web since 1999. I can tell you it’s very, very difficult to earn an income as a writer on the web.

Medium does not delete stories. So I think you need to ask support what happened.