A fanfiction query

Have there been any fan-stories focusing on the idea of other creatures aside from rats and mice being subjected to the NIMH experiment? Asking because I’ve been kind of playing around with the idea of the rats encountering some non-rodents (not really sure what kinds of animals they'd be tho) lately. Not to steal the rats' thunder, because I do like them, but I thought that the idea had potential.

I'm assuming you've found the Robin Fanfiction site: http://robin.thornvalley.com/

That said, I can't really think of any fanfics specifically like that. I'd be interested to see what you can come up with. n.n

Yeah, I have seen Robin's site before, but I thought I'd ask just to cover all bases. Seeing as how the subject hasn't been tackled yet, guess I'll have to try it (once I get my other fics out of the way, that is). And thanks!

I once wrote a cross over story cared "The silence of the Rats", it puts Brisby in place of Jodie Foster. But I never finished it.

Yes, it has been done. One of my fellow contributors to "The NIMH File", way back when, did a story about a cat that becomes a feline mad scientist. I hesitate to say more about it here, in deference to Simon; see his intro to the John Cawley article "NIMH Notes," about copyright.

Yes, it has been done. One of my fellow contributors to "The NIMH File", way back when, did a story about a cat that becomes a feline mad scientist. I hesitate to say more about it here, in deference to Simon; see his intro to the John Cawley article "NIMH Notes," about copyright.

Reprinting is where the copyright issue would come up. A summary is no problem, legally. I've been mulling over creating such a summary myself, just haven't gotten to it.

Well, in that case...
Here's my synopsis of the story in question, "The Emulator", a 9-page story by Charles Garofolo
Two officials from NIMH, Baily and Richardson, are searching for an escaped lab specimen designated 343-A, a cat described as having elongated, finger-like toes; the result of NIMH experiments, of course. Behind a restaurant, they find evidence of what 343-A has been up to when they encounter two cats with the same kind of paws apparently READING a newspaper. Baily, who in the course of this investigation has developed an "obsessive hatred of cats", kills one and would prefer to see any others like it dealt with the same way, though Richardson hopes to capture any others alive. They're soon led to the main object of their search--343-A, who has developed the capacity for humanlike speech "Scum!" he screeches at the men before escaping.
Two days later they've narrowed their search to an abandoned house, where they find one room that has to be 343-A's headquarters, complete with a laboratory and library that includes "Frankenstein," "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" and others, all of which lead them to conclude that the cat has become a mad scientist, producing others like him by replicating the original serum, using his own blood. Suddenly he's there, taunting them and leading them right into his "human-trap," sending them falling into the basement. 343-A, now calling himself Moreau after the H.G. Wells character, confirms their suspicions, gloating gleefully over his plans, revealing that he's already transformed an indefinite number of normal cats into ones like him. Before he leaves, Moreau starts pumping chlorine gas into the room, but Baily and Richardson manage to escape, only to have Moreau set fire to the house with gasoline and match, even though it'll destroy his lab. They think he's trapped himself on the roof, but Moreau fires a crossbow, wounding Baily, and leaps onto a tree and shinnies down to safety and escapes, apparently carrying some of his valuable notes in his teeth. The house is destroyed completely. In the end, Richardson reflects on how he can't really hate Moreau because he genuinely wants to use his talents to benefit others of his race, and how he couldn't be expected to have any love for humans after the way the scientists treated him.
In all, a nice little thriller with just the right amount of camp, one I wouldn't have minded seeing a followup to. If you're still listening, BrightEyes, I hope this helps.