McPherson has two collections of short stories and a memoir. Permeated with humanistic ideas, McPherson's works depict the marginalized groups which are exclusive from mainstream American culture.

麦克弗森共有两部短篇小说集和一部回忆录，其作品关注的是所有美国主流文化之外的弱势群体，充满了人文主义关怀，这赋予了他的作品永恒的意义。