Shifterverse

The Shifterverse is one of the more minor settings in Anne's fiction, having only appeared twice so far - both in short story collections. "Warrior Queen" is from Cat Tales, and "Wherever You May Be" from Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, the 2014 Christmas anthology.

In the Shifterverse, magic is practiced both by humans and shifters, but human wizards must take more effort to use their magic than shifters do. The shifter kingdoms and human kingdoms are at war officially, but that doesn't mean all of them agree, and shifters can (and do) intermarry with humans.

"Wherever You May Be" is set in Tansy, one of the human villages on the border with the shifter kingdoms. Neighboring villages, named but unseen, are Pansy (half a day's ride to the east), and Maina (over the hill).