A. M. Linton is a wife and mother of two. She is also the author of Torn Between Love, Religion and Responsibility, A Little on Puberty for Boys and A Little on Symptoms Associated with Menopause. A few of her short stories were also published in The Barbados Advocate Newspaper.
Forthcoming
Chosen – A Child of Abuse
Sixteen-year-old Justine lives with her father, mother, and younger siblings. Money is tight for the family, and getting food to eat on most days is challenging. Additionally, her mother expresses her frustration with her living conditions by abusing Justine and her siblings.
However, one day, after losing her baby, Justine walked away from her home to live with her grandfather, who lived close to her family home. While living there, she learned more about her mother, met a new friend and found the courage to break up with her boyfriend. There, Justine also met her Saviour.
Is the usual cliche about only bad news coming with an unexpected late-night phone call true? Read this short story, The Phone Call, and find out. Thanks.
One evening Ann was living in the Bahamas with her parents and older sister, and the next thing she knew, she was waking up from a coma about a year later with no memory of them. What happened?
Michael’s mom was sixteen years old when she gave birth to him, and although she was there, she was never there. So what would become of him, and how does his grandmother fit into this picture?
