Challenge 251

Out Where the Short Corn Grows

Arithmetic question: How many works in this issue mention plants or vegetation?
What role does vegetation play in this issue? Is it benign, decorative, or what?
What are the motives in the conflict in Joshua Babcock’s “Tome of the Time-Siege”?
What moral or morals can be derived from B J Bourg’s “Smells Like Rain”?
How might Glenn Gray’s “A Day in the Cornfield” continue?