First published in Playboy 1956/9; also known as "Love, Incorporated".Part of Pilgrimage to Earth collection of science fiction short stories by Robert Sheckley published in 1957 by Bantam...
"YOU PAYS YOUR MONEY...AND YOU TAKES YOUR CHANCES At least, that's what you do if your name is Tom Mishkin, and your spaceship is suddenly grounded by a mechanical malfunction, and you are forced to trek across an alien planet to get the needed...
The last Millennial contest--between the forces of Good and Evil for control of the universe--didn't work out quite so well for Evil and its rooters. But it's time for the next round, and this time the demon Mephistopheles is carrying...