“Also what is King’s fascination with corn fields?”
He has a crush on Bill Mumy
Mumy became a very bad man.
Since I was too late to add an “Anthony” comment, if you grew up on a farm, corn fields can be scary, disorienting places.
You can lose your direction, hear things off in the distance, unidentifiable, the corn itself is always making unnerving sounds.
It’s the edible version of The Shining’s maze.
Plus, there’s also the ancient pagan Harvest/Corn/Sacred King festivals that always ended up in ritual sacrifice.
Lots of reasons for corn fields.
:)