>Can you help me recall a short story I read? It involved a man, tired of his
>life, who learns about an extraordinary travel agency. He goes into the shop
>to book a vacation, and the strange clerk ends up selling him a one-way pass
>to a planet where everything is beautiful, in return for all the money he
>has on him right then. He is then taken to a barn in the country with others
>who have done the same thing, and as they wait there he begins to feel silly
>and think he has "been had", and runs out of the barn only to see a flash of
>light behind him, taking all the others on to the beautiful planet while  he
>is left behind.

>Who is the author? What is the name of the story? Any help would  be
>appreciated.

Richard Horton <rrhor...@prodigy.net> wrote:
> A correspondent sent me this question, and I can't recall the story,
> though it does ring a faint bell.  Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks.

> >Can you help me recall a short story I read? It involved a man, tired of his
> >life, who learns about an extraordinary travel agency. He goes into the shop
> >to book a vacation, and the strange clerk ends up selling him a one-way pass
> >to a planet where everything is beautiful, in return for all the money he
> >has on him right then. He is then taken to a barn in the country with others
> >who have done the same thing, and as they wait there he begins to feel silly
> >and think he has "been had", and runs out of the barn only to see a flash of
> >light behind him, taking all the others on to the beautiful planet while  he
> >is left behind.

> >Who is the author? What is the name of the story? Any help would  be
> >appreciated.

>Richard Horton <rrhor...@prodigy.net> wrote:

>> A correspondent sent me this question, and I can't recall the story,
>> though it does ring a faint bell.  Anyone have any ideas?  Thanks.

>> >Can you help me recall a short story I read? It involved a man, tired of his
>> >life, who learns about an extraordinary travel agency. He goes into the shop
>> >to book a vacation, and the strange clerk ends up selling him a one-way pass
>> >to a planet where everything is beautiful, in return for all the money he
>> >has on him right then. He is then taken to a barn in the country with others
>> >who have done the same thing, and as they wait there he begins to feel silly
>> >and think he has "been had", and runs out of the barn only to see a flash of
>> >light behind him, taking all the others on to the beautiful planet while  he
>> >is left behind.

>> >Who is the author? What is the name of the story? Any help would  be
>> >appreciated.

>I remember this one being asked not too long ago.
><googles>
>Jack Finney, "Of Missing Persons".