"The Faery Handbag" is a fantasy novelette by American writer Kelly Link,[1] published in 2004.
The story follows Genevieve, a girl who spends a lot of time with her slightly eccentric grandmother Zofia.
She often tells outlandish tales about the beings in her handbag and blames them for her overdue library books.
Things take a turn for the worse when Genevieve's boyfriend, Jake, snatches Zofia's handbag with the intent of finding out if the stories about it are true.
It was also nominated for the 2005 World Fantasy Award for Short Story.